So, I was on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of One and Other last night. You all know this, because I’ve done nothing but bang on about it for the last week or so. What you may not know is that before people go up on the plinth, they are [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Art'
Another One And Other
July 7th, 2009 No Comments
Just a reminder, mostly for the Londoners, (although I will be getting broadcast live on the the elektrical internets by webcam, if anyone is that heart-stoppingly bored) that I will be on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of One And Other on Monday July the 20th (not quite two weeks away, now) [...]
Bleeding For Your Art
April 21st, 2008 No Comments
Topic: Well, let’s be generous, and say I’m using a specific recent example to talk about controversial art.
So, where is everybody on Aliza Shvarts, then?
In case you’ve missed it, Ms Shvarts is an Art Student at Yale, and her latest piece includes blood from 9 months of self-induced miscarriages.
Well, maybe. There was a tediously [...]
Practicality
December 30th, 2006 No Comments
I’d like to take a moment to talk about the practical applications of Art, just to establish that Art is relevant to everyone, and not some load of effete rubbish for an intellectual few.
Architecture isn’t something that immediately springs to mind when someone says “Art”, yet it’s probably the form or art that most of [...]
Tags: architecture · Art · Design
The Human Truth Of It
December 22nd, 2006 1 Comment
So if I intend to talk about Art (in all forms) here
I suppose I ought to set out my stall, first. Let’s start with a quote:
“Art, in the human truth of it, touches the universal. Seeing Art, we recognise a thought we had but could not utter, are made less alone.” — Alan Moore [...]
Turner
December 6th, 2006 No Comments
So, the Turner prize this year goes to Tomma Abts. Personally, I preferred Mark Titchner’s work – his themes and his general approach are things I have a lot of personal sympathy with, but hers were a close second favourite. I thought Phil Collins (not that one) documentary was interesting, but I think I’d [...]
