Gordon Bennett these robots are great! All made from a mixture of found objects old and new, each takes about a month to build. Just wish I could afford one…
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Category Archives: Art
Op Art
I’ve been doing a bit of research into Op Art today. Here’s some links to the stuff I really liked:
A huge amount of work from Jean Waldheim’s here.
Some of Bridget Riley’s 60’s & 70’s stuff here.
Lots of Richard Allen’s work here.
Comprehensive collection of Julian Stanczak’s work here.
Perez on Medicine
an online exhibition of satirical art related to the practice of modern medicine by Jose Perez.
“These oil-on-canvas paintings and drawings represent one of the most signficant collections of great satirical art ever to deal with the world of medicine. Perez’ tongue-in-cheek work, in the old masters’ style, caricatures each of today’s medical specialties through delightful metaphors using humans and animals from different periods of history in a wonderfully whimsical way.”
Wow these are amazing, must of taken him years to do the whole set. Lots of rough pencil studies too.
Wurstminster Dog Show
The wurst gallery, have a nice exhibition of dog paintings at the moment.
“artists were invited to reserve a dog breed on a first come, first served basis. the only requirement was that the artist attempt to capture the look and spirit of their chosen breed in their own unique way.”
There’s been much talk of getting a dog at Unit 2, my favourite breed is the Polish Lowland Sheepdog.
I also liked their previous exhibition Vintage Vandals.
“Each artist was asked to find a framed piece of artwork at their local thrift store and manipulate it into a piece of their own. select an artist below to see the results.”
Antler Bike
King of the Road by Jenny Nordberg, wooden frame, brass everywhere, handlebars made out of antlers – it’s like a traditional English pub on wheels! If you could buy it, I would.
Life Drawing Part 2
My second visit to the London Life Drawing Society, they meet up every Monday at the Cafe El Paso pub on Old street. You can sign up for their next meeting here.
The London Life Drawing Society
It’s a bit depressing to post these on my blog as I know they’re not very good, but my only excuse is the depressing fact that it’s been 12 years since I last did life drawing at art college… Sarah from work dragged me along to it, it was really very good. They meet up every Monday at the Cafe El Paso pub on Old street, yes that right, life drawing in a pub, drink and drawing! Two of the finest pastimes you can do all it one, now that can’t be bad. You can sign up for their next meeting here, you have to be quick though, places fill up fast.
The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke
The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke by Richard Dadd is one of my favourite paintings, but I haven’t even seen it yet. I knew the tate had it in their collection, but couldn’t find where it was being displayed if at all. Just discovered today that they’ve got it on show at the Tate Britain, where Dadd has got a whole room to himself.
I love the story about this painting – Richard Dadd went on the ‘grand tour’ to see the old world, Greece, Egypt etc. Something happened while he was away, because he came back stark raving bonkers. Murdered his father (some people say he actually ate his dad’s brain, but this might be false) Police caught him and threw him in the infamous Bedlam mental asylum. He spend 9 years of his time in there painting the Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke. He painted with the smallest brush and a microscope to create the most insane amonut of detail, e.g. drops a dew on every single leaf. He worked and re-worked the painting so much that apparently it’s almost 3D because of hundreds and hundreds of layers of paint. I just love the unconventional composition, it’s all over the shop, scale and perspective seem to be fucked, there’s no horizon and the interlocking grasses and daisies keep your eyes darting about at a hundred miles an hour. It leaves me breathless.
Other interesting facts: The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke, was to become the title of a song by the rock band Queen. The Wee Free Men, a novel by Terry Pratchett, edited in 2003, was in a central part inspired by The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke. Pratchett’s friend Neil Gaiman includes a reference to Dadd in Sandman. The painting also is a plot element in The Witches of Chiswick by Robert Rankin.
Smoking Dude
Here’s some paintings I did last year.
Sachi Rocks!
