Friday 28 August 2009

GRAFIK / "SEMBLANCE" FEATURE


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Grafik Magazine have very kindly featured my upcoming LA solo show in their September issue.
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LINKS /
Grafik

Semblance Blog
Full article

Thursday 27 August 2009

WALLPAPER* MAGAZINE / POLAROID PROJECT / SEMBLANCE


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The lovely Wallaper* Magazine has just put live their Polaroid Project which hails in the much missed instant format film going back on sale thanks to a very savvy move from Urban Outfitters.
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"In celebration of this new generation, we bagged ten cameras before they hit the shelves and passed them on to ten of our favourite, pioneering creatives and asked them to shoot one film each of whatever they chose. The results are mixed, grainy, blurred, brilliant and haphazard in places, but each of the photographs has the essence of what makes Polaroid so beloved"
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I chose to document the making of my forthcoming "Semblance" exhibition.
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You can see galleries from some incredible talent such as Noma Bar, Abake, Troika and Preen among others.
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LINKS /
Wallpaper* Polaroid Project
Semblance Blog

SONG OF THE WEEK #5 / VACUUM / GANG GANG DANCE


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Having spent the weekend in the startlingly beautiful Brecon Beacons at The Green Man Festival it seemed only right to pick a song from one of the bands we watched there.
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Until their early evening set on Friday I had heard very little of Gang Gang Dance. The reason I wanted to highlight them is because there's nothing better than a band you don't know totally grabbing you with their performance out of the blue. Definitely one of the stand out sets of the weekend.
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LINKS /
Listen to "Vacuum" on Spotify

Monday 24 August 2009

DAVID KASSAN


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The incredibly talented US portrait artist David Kassan has updated his site. Such exquisite craftsmanship deserves a large slice of anybody's time.
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LINKS /
David Kassan

Wednesday 19 August 2009

SONG OF THE WEEK #4 / RADIOHEAD / TALK SHOW HOST


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I heard Radiohead's "Talk Show Host" again this morning for the first time in years and was instantly transported back to being 16 listening to the "Street Spirit" singles with a friend and being blown away by the song. It was then more famously released in 1997 as part of the "Romeo & Juliet" soundtrack.
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This, without a doubt, very much stands the test of time.
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LINKS /
Listen to "Talk Show Host" on Spotify

Thursday 13 August 2009

ERIN PETSON / NEW WORK, NEW SITE


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Good friend and talented illustrator of all things painterly and feminine, Erin Petson has this week relaunched her site with a wealth of new work which requires five minutes of anyone's time.
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LINKS /
Erin Petson

SONG OF THE WEEK #3 / I KNOW ITS OVER / JEFF BUCKLEY


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Unreleased until 2007, Buckley's cover of the Smith's seminal "I Know its Over", from "The Queen is Dead" album, strips the song down to it's bare bones then showers it with intimacy.
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Over the years of listening to Buckley's music I had only ever heard the verse from I Know its Over seamlessly weaved into a medley of Cohen's "Hallejujah." To now hear it in full is something else.
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For anyone unfamiliar with Buckley's "Live At Sin-é" album I couldn't recommend it enough - a showcase of virtuosity so transparent at times it is completely staggering.
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LINKS /
Listen to "I Know its Over" on Spotify
Listen to "Live at Sine-e" on Spotify
Buy "Live At Sin-é" on Amazon

Monday 3 August 2009

CERASOLI INTERVIEW / FINE ARTS LA


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Freddi Cerasoli co-founder and head curator of the Ceraoli Gallery in LA, where I will be having a solo show in September, has been interviewed by Fine Arts LA. Above is the video, to read the full interview click the link below.
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LINKS /
Read full interview
Cerasoli Gallery

TROUVELOT / ASTRONOMICAL DRAWINGS MANUAL


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"Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827–1895) was a French artist, astronomer and amateur entomologist. (Curiously, he is most noted for the unfortunate introduction of the Gypsy Moth into North America.)

His drawings of celestial phenomena were so good that the Director of Harvard College Observatory put Trouvelot on staff where he gained access to their powerful telescope. He would go on to produce some 7000 astronomical drawings and publish 50 scientific papers." (Via But Does it Float)
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Absolutely phenomenal drawings that I fell in love with instantly. Recent editions of the book are still available to purchase via Amazon in both paperback and hardback.
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LINKS /
Buy "The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Manual"
Original NYPL source

SONG OF THE WEEK #2 / THE KINKS / THIS TIME TOMORROW


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I love this song and with this Summer work schedule being as heavy as it is it only aids my daydreaming of getting away next month.
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LINKS /
Listen to "This Time Tomorrow" on Spotify

Sunday 2 August 2009

Saturday 1 August 2009