CONOR HARRINGTON / HEADLESS HEROES

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Having attended last week's opening of Conor Harrington's Headless Heroes exhibition at Lazarides Rathbone Place gallery I couldn't recommend more that you stop by and check it out if you're in Central London. The mix of graffiti, abstract mark making and exquisitely rendered oil painting in its most traditional sense makes for a real feast in which you could quite pleasurably be lost.
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Headless Heroes
30th October 2009 - 26th November 2009
Lazarides Gallery
11 Rathbone Place,
London W1T 1HR
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Conor Harrington
View photos of the show
Lazarides

D*FACE / JONATHAN LEVINE, NY

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A nice interview from Friends We Love with D*Face that shows off the fantastic installation from his solo show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in NY. An amazingly simple but effective interaction between the hung work and the gallery itself.
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D*Face
Friends We Love
Jonathan LeVine Gallery

SONG OF THE WEEK #14 / ALTERNATIVE CANDIDATE / DAVID BOWIE

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Another great Bowie number but one I'd never heard until last week. A demo originally proposed for a musical Bowie was either writing in 1984 or wrote for a musical version of Orwell's "1984" but released as part of the 30th anniversary edition of the Diamond Dogs album.
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Listen to "Alternative Candidate" on Spotify

CONVERSATION WITH PAUL RAND

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Via Emily Forgot Blog
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Paul Rand

NEW WORK / PROGRESS

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Work in progress on a new original due for release soon. To register interest in this piece please email using the link below.
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Register Interest
View original photo on Flickr
ShopVon

NEW LTD ED PRINTS / WIWP

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In anticipation of their relaunch before the end of the year the wonderful WIWP have two new limited edition prints in stock. Both are by Kristian Hammerstad and in in a very low edition of 10. Lovely stuff!
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WIWP Shop
Kristian Hammerstad

TRUE SELF / JONATHAN LEVINE

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Above is a detail taken from the beautiful painting by James Jean being show in Jonathan Levine's current show "True Self" curated by Gary Baseman. If you're in NY it is sure to be well worth a look or three.
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Jonathan LeVine Gallery
James Jean

SONG OF THE WEEK #13 / THAT'S LIFE / FRANK SINATRA

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One of the only Frank Sinatra songs I truly love - an unmitigated classic.
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Listen to "That's Life" on Spotify

UP / 3-D AT LONDON IMAX

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My first full length 3D BFI Imax experience and what a cracker. Heartily recommend going down to watch this - such beautiful attention to detail in character rendering it's quite astonishing.
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UP trailer
UP at London Imax

LUKE BEST / NEW SITE

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The lovely Luke Best, part of the fantastic PeepShow collective, has recently relaunched his own website. A beautiful demonstration of colour and mark making, well worth a look
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There's plenty more of interest at his blog too.
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Luke Best website
Luke Best blog

THE IMPORTANCE OF DRAWING / MILTON GLASER

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EMILY FORGOT BLOG

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The fantastical London based illustrator and designer Emily Forgot has joined the blogging ranks. Fledgling as it may be her blog promises to grow into a fascinating source of inspiration.
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Emily Forgot Blog

UPDATE COMING

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In the next month both my online folio and online store will receive a large update.
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If you would like to receive an email notifying you of the updates and news in general sign up to the HelloVon mailing list by clicking the link below.
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SONG OF THE WEEK #12 / DEEP PURPLE / THE RAVENS

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Nothing other than a deeply soothing song from times gone past.
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Listen to "Deep Purple" on Spotify

SONG OF THE WEEK #11 / MOONAGE DAYDREAM / DAVID BOWIE

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"David Live" is hands down one of my favourite live albums with a track list reading like a handful of diamonds. As difficult as it is to highlight one song from this astonishing album I've picked this track due to the very clear memory of a 16 year old me wondering for hours what a Pink Monkey Bird might look like. Amazing track.
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Listen to "Moonage Daydream" on Spotify

SAVING BRITAIN'S PAST / BRICK LANE / BBC iPLAYER

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Having spent a good few years of my twenties living on Hanbury St just off Brick Lane I found this recent documentary from the BBC fascinating. A very well paced exploration of the area's history and how it's core nature is now fundamentally changing. It's recent change being so rapid that even for someone who has been in the area for just a few years finds himself saying "Back when..."
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Watch the documentary on BBC iPlayer here (UK Only)

SEMBLANCE / TIME LAPSE

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Semblance Blog
Cerasoli Gallery

EMILY FORGOT / GREAT FAIRY TALES / GUARDIAN RELEASE

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Today's Guardian houses the latest in their "Great Fairy Tale" series beautifully illustrated by the wonderful hand of Emily Forgot. To see more shots of the publication click the link below.
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This wonderful publication can be purchased for just £1 as it is free with today's Guardian.
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Emily Forgot's "Great Fairy Tale"
Emily Forgot website

MR IAN WRIGHT / TALK

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A lovely talk with the wonderful Mr Ian Wright hosted by "It's Nice That." Really interesting to see into his early work cutting his teeth illustrating portraits for the NME. Some exceptional and very inspiring work to boot.
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Ian Wright

SONG OF THE WEEK #10 / PARIS, TEXAS / RY COODER

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Wim Wenders' "Paris, Texas" is one of my favourite films of all time and carries with it one of my favourite soundtracks. The film calmly crackles and oozes with atmosphere, all of which fills Ry Cooder's soundtrack to the brim. The two together bring with them one of those rare occasions where the soundtrack plays as much of a lead role as any of the films actors, an absolute joy to watch or just to listen to.
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Listen to "Paris, Texas" on Spotify
Buy "Paris, Texas" on DVD

BECKS ART LABELS 2009 / OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY

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Another nice surprise in the weekend papers - my reworking of the Smith's "The Queen is Dead" was featured in this weeks Observer Music Monthly.
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"Less direct, though equally as dazzling, is Hellovon's image for The Queen is Dead. Where the original featured french actor, Alain Delon, the remake underscores the Smiths' essential Britishness , featuring as it does a Union Jack-painted butterly, "the essence of an album," says Hellovon,"that is funny, ferocious and heartbreaking."
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Read full feature
See original artwork on Becks Flickr set

INSPIRATIONAL

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Nina Simone