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Dirty disection of London 2012 logo

Many months ago I wrote my opinion about the London 2012 logo, so I’m not going to rehash that here. What I do want to point out, is a what I heard on an episode of Mock the Week recently. That the logo looks surprisingly like Lisa Simpson performing felacio on a headless man. Now, […]
Darcie Advertising, Design 0 dirty, funny, humor, humour, logo, logos, london, london 2012, london olympics
Slinkachu's Little People

I just came across this on Kitsune Noir‘s blog, saying that it’s been around for a while and everyone’s seen it. Where have I been? It’s called Little People: A tiny street art project – little hand-painted people, left in London to fend for themselves. I love the concept and think the images really speak […]
Darcie art 1 Kitsune Noir, little people, littlepeople, london, Slinkachu, street art
Time Flies when your busy as hell

click to enlarge Right now, I should be on my way to London to see the lovely folks of Wooster Collective speak, Tate – Street Art Talks. It’s not even that I was going on my own, as I was actually looking forward to the time for self- reflection (who am I kidding – I […]
Darcie Advertising, Life, UK, updates 0 centotre, coffee morning, edinburgh, london, rant, self, tate modern, wooster, woostercollective
Tate X-Files

During our trip to the Tate Modern in London a couple weeks ago, not only was there a huge crack going the length of the entire ground floor, but also a group of people that I can only guess were along the lines of Scientologists. They should be scheduled for a regular appearance at the […]
Darcie art 2 art, doris salcedo, exhibitions, human interest, humor, life, london, misc, museum, photo, photography, tate modern
"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 […]
Darcie Uncategorized 0 art, artists, Bourgeois, doris salcedo, exhibitions, installation, london, sculptors, tate modern
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, […]
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