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Comics Unmasked at the British library
Today I went to visit Comics Unmasked, ‘UK’s largest ever exhibition of mainstream and underground comics’ to quote the library’s website . As someone who has read a lot of comics it was fun to see some of them in a museum case.
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Put together
Bridget Riley Hesitate 1964, David Hockney A Bigger Splash 1967, Antony Caro Early One Morning 1962. All together in the corner of Room 1960, a perfect composition, sometimes the Tate puts things together in a way that is lovely, and not around some abstract theme like the Tate modern. Left the gallery very happy. Made up for…
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What’s New Pussycat
I first saw Françoise Hardy at the end of the a very silly film called Whats New Pussycat, and then she sang on Blurs single ‘To the End’. In the film Michael James (Peter O’Toole) has just got married to Carole (Romy Schneider) and calls the mayor’s assistant (Françoise Hardy) ‘pussycat’. Carole takes this to be…
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Go Faster
The aesthetics of car racing has always been mixed up with the thrill of speed. I regularly browse with great pleasure Customised: Art Inspired by Hot Rods, Low Riders and American Car Culture. The front cover featuring Roadrunner by Craig McDean. If you ever by a book on the strength of a cover alone this is…
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Readymades and the skilled artisan
Reading yesterdays guardian I came across an article by Jon Henley, called ‘Last of their Kind’. Which was a view of ‘heritage crafts’. These are skilled craftsmen who make useful tools and object, but very much reminded me of some of the things I like to think of as readymades.
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