Say what you will, we are all infatuated with the tacky.
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Incongruity
June 26, 2011
Odd Future. Two words that have hipsters, fanboys and critics entering into their favoured mode of reaction.
Atrophy
June 26, 2011
‘A Rainbow Nation’: the famous words used by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe the unity of races and merging of cultures in post-apartheid South Africa after the 1994 election. The V & A strives to represent this rainbow nation in their new exhibition Figures and Fictions: exhibiting a selection of contemporary South African photography, these [...]
Wanted
June 26, 2011
The Chinese media calls him “a deviant and a plagiarist”. This is a far cry from Ai Weiwei’s prominence as one of China’s leading artists, who helped design the famous Bird’s Nest, Beijing’s national stadium for the 2008 Olympics. The conceptual artist has been a key figure in China’s contemporary art scene, producing cross-cultural projects [...]
Miranda Larbi’s Eco-Wardrobe
March 11, 2011
We live in a fast world. And by fast, I mean concord speed. No need for hand-written letters when we have access to emails at the click of a button. No need to wait weeks for photos to be developed, when war correspondents and fashion journalists alike can snap away on the front line and [...]
Dan Cave’s An Untimely End
March 11, 2011
The abstract wildernesses that “environment” and “art” encompass, even as free-standing individual terms, should be enough to distract from ever attempting to combine the two into some coherent semblance. However UNEP (United Nations Enviroment Programme) has attempted just this, forcing the two into a tensile relationship to “generate environmental awareness using the universal language [...]
Helena Davies on The Timelessness of Environmental Art
March 11, 2011
When Monet sat down to paint ‘La Promenade d’Argenteuil’ in the 1870s, I wonder if he knew that over a hundred years later the debate surrounding those smoking chimneys, that he sought to adopt into his new depiction of the landscape, would still exist. It was Thomas Hardy who stood firmly on the other side [...]
Alienor Littaye goes Deep Diving With Jason Decaires-Taylor
March 11, 2011
The word ‘vicissitudes’ can at times means hardship in life or a sudden ill-f Discount viagra ated turn of events. However, when Jason DeCaires Taylor uses it to name his underwater sculptures, ‘vicissitudes’ becomes the quality of mutability. It seems strange that the artist would want to ‘set in stone’ his tribute to transience. Sculpture [...]
Concrete Evidence – Guy Wilson
June 17, 2010
Guy Wilson: beavers, buildings and the urban adventurer. In the summer of 2009 beavers were reintroduced to Argyll, Scotland. These aquatic mammals are famous for the dams they build. They work by carefully selecting suitable trees to cut down and by using the resources around them as sustainably as possible. Vardenafilo levitra Over a period [...]
‘An oeuvre you can’t refuse’ – Oliver Fearon
March 11, 2010
Oliver Fearon explores Hogarth’s picture of 18th Century politics. On a typical walk around campus we are often bombarded with a whole host of political societies all vying for your individual allegiance and support. On an occasion they may even advertise a free dinner or offer a complementary wine reception. These generous incentives can all [...]
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