flickr images by the decapitator Known as “The East London Decapitator,” an unknown artist has been lurking through the streets of London and cutting off the heads of characters seen in mainstream advertisements. -psfk.com I only wish I had seen these when I was down sarf (south). How utterly disturbing yet cool are these! One [...]
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"Art is a Guaranty of Sanity" – Louise Bourgeois
One of the three exhibits I am looking forward to seeing as I head down to ritzy L-o-nd-o-n (read as ‘lOn-dOn’) bright and early tomorrow morning. Louise Bourgeois, including her renowned gigantic spider sculpture Maman 1999. The second is Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth, which I wrote about before, and her phenomenal and unbelievable installations. Lastly, I [...]
A Crack In the Tate
This 167 Metre crack running through the Tate [Modern, in London,] is the new installation by sculpture artist Doris Salcedo. The crack expands and deepens as it snakes across the room, it is said to symbolise racial hatred and division in society. The Crack will remain until April 2008, when it will be filled in, [...]
The Whole is Made from the Sum of It's Parts
Don Stewart does composite drawings of everything under the sun, without using anything that is actually part of, what one would normally see in the object. I quote from his website: Composite drawings? Oh, yes. Composite refers to Don’s disturbing habit of rendering a variety of highly detailed ballpoint images in order to create a [...]
Edinburgh Does Ambient
For those of you who aren’t in the vicinity of Edinburgh, Scotland or who may not know much about it, there are a few things to mention. Firstly, August is the festival period where we host the Edinburgh International Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and, aptly named, the Edinburgh International [...]
PostSecret 18.03.07
I could stare at this illustration all day. And then to top it off, the admission breaks my heart. see this and more like it at: PostSecret
George W Sends A Valentine
If you have never seen this man’s brilliant work before, make sure you pop over to Gallery of the Absurd and have a look see.
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