There’s so many darn things I miss about London (and plenty I don’t - wet dog smell and damp socks on overheated tube anyone?) but the plethora of damn cool art happening at the moment is kinda killing me - not just the mainstream (friends report that the Da Vinci exhibition really is worth waking at the crack of dawn to die of pneumonia in the queue) but all the other amazing shit appearing in shiny white spaces city wide….In particular I am feeling very sorry for myself not seeing the Ryan McGinley exhibition, and Circus in shoreditch - a kind of five-day pop-up festive season event at the Tramshed featuring lots of up-n-comin’ and come-up-already artists, fashion designers, and taxidermists including my personal faves House of Hackney and Fred Butler (pictured here). They have mulled wine and minced pies and crazy gas-ice-cream… but it finishes on Sunday so get your skates on lucky Londonites…..
Ryan McGinley: Wandering Comma, runs 24th November – 22nd December at Alison Jacques Gallery, 16-18 Berners Street, London, W1T 3LN
CIRCUS at The Tramshed, Shoreditch; 14th – 18th December 2011, 10am – 8pm
With thanks to Weheart for not letting me fall completely out of loop down here in the beautiful wilderness….
I can’t quite get over US-born, Sydney-raised artist Cayce Zavaglia’s portraits….
ALL her portraits are STITCHED…. with, like, needle and thread…. yet look like oil paintings….unbelievable…..
Greg - Hand Embroidery: Crewel Wool and Acrylic on Linen, 13 x 15 inches
photo © Cayce Zavaglia
Untitled | Joe Ribosma
I think this series of oil paintings by Toronto-based, Canadian artist Carly Waito are special. In a good way. Intricately detailed close-ups of natural minerals…I would love one in my living room, though sadly they are all sold out. Mores the pity.
Fine Design: Tom Price Tree Installation
Installation by Tom Price using plastic coffee cups and plastic gutter piping…. touch of genius I think….
Belgian artist Wim Delvoye is a classic enfant terrible of the Euro art world. From rings made out of a distorted Christ on the cross, to earrings of interlinked hip-bones… there’s few envelopes he’s not lining up to push.
However, there is nothing controversial about this piece of his work. It’s just plain old beautiful. Delvoye has taken a bunch of used truck, car and tractor tyres and carved intricate patterns across them….so friggin’ cool I think.
If only he did Vespa tyres…. That’d be the Loved-one’s Christmas present sorted…
Check out Delvoye’s pretty amazing interactive website… but vegetarians should shy away from the ‘Tattooed Stuffed Pigs’ section…
Amazing paper/photo collage from my new blog-crush Waterlily
Colette Saint Yves - Collage (2008)
(via naubit)
Richard Serra, Between the Torus and the Sphere, 2003-2005
(Source: arthistoryeveryday)
