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This piece floats on a perilous sea of style mags; they buoy up a marble-effect plinth. Matthew Stone is not cool, he is stone cold. But these publications have more gravity than usual. Their covers are stuck to blocks of wood, giving each more permanence than a sheaf of glossy pages. A muted printing technique …
September 18, 2012
This film by David Blandy is to my mind haunted by the suspicion culture changes nothing. You can sing all the songs in the world, but you may never be a different cast of singer. From the Underground is nevertheless a well rehearsed feat, a perfect lip-synced rendition of one of the Wu Tang Clan’s …
September 3, 2012
It is oft said things have to get worse before they can get better. And with news of this Friday’s vacation of Grea Area, the Brighton gallery scene couldn’t get much worse. In the past, usually after one or two libations, I have opined that quality of life is already good enough here on the …
August 29, 2012
It’s been an eventful week, eventful in particular for a certain amateur art restorer. Here’s the main story from Art Info, and here’s some of the inevitable meme fallout (link courtesy @sheerinability). And here’s another costly art world cock up, this time by a Norwegian gallery who lost a Rembrandt. Slate discuss the real threat …
August 28, 2012
It has been an eventful week in the world of art. Here’s all the news and more… Pussy Riot become the most famous punk band in existence at a cost of 2yrs imprisonment. Chess grandmaster Kasparov is also a fan. Interesting speculation about the future of an early Picasso. The Guardian weighs up the options …
August 20, 2012
To give this work it’s full title: This is how I roll 24/7…Not Just On A Satrday Night in a Shit Basemnt (sic). And the shit basement in question was Brighton’s Grey Area. It was indeed Saturday night when this work both previewed and closed. The artist was nowhere to be seen. We still cannot …
August 18, 2012
Better late than never; this week’s art links… The bravest art critic we ever had…some memories of Robert Hughes by his producer Nicolas Kent. Art Fag City advances the theory that art world success is a direct correlative of the curved edges of your spectacle frames. Oh dear. The dust has barely settled on this …
August 15, 2012
This is not a simple work but it is easy to enjoy. It is easy to enjoy if your idea of fun is lying back in bed listening to breakbeats and watching a movie on the ceiling. The footage shows scrambled data on a VDU, followed by a delapidated caravan in a clearing with a …
August 10, 2012
Peeping through holes at ladies dancing is not the main prospect which comes to mind when you plan a gallery visit. And to see Remahl’s work, men will have to stoop. But your sense of decorum is just about preserved when you realise that this peephole only features some arty, black and white, jump cut …
August 1, 2012
For your enjoyment and perusal: Na na na na-na-na nah, Ai Jude! China’s dissident art superstar gave the thumbs up to Britain’s opening ceremony for the 2012 London Games. Blogger Catherine Baker was more circumspect, but makes a number of good observations which still point towards room for optimism. RIP Franz West. Tyler Green from …
July 31, 2012