Land Down Under
26th January 2012
Happy Australia Day to all my friends and family in Oz!
I took this photo at Tamarama during Sculptures by the Sea. If anyone is ever in Sydney while it’s on (usually November time) be sure to check it out.
CommentAudrey Hepburn
23rd January 2012
Wow. I thought this shot of Audrey Hepburn by iconic British photographer Terry O’Neill was beautiful. Simple, sexy and so different from many of the portraits you usually see of her.
Terry O’Neill: Screen Sirens & Rock Rebels has unfortunately just finished at the Proud Galleries in London, but the exhibition is still available to view online here.
Southern Ink Xposure
23rd January 2012
This weekend coming is Southern Ink Xposure, Cape Town’s 4th International Tattoo Convention.
I really like the Vintage Soviet inspired branding and advertising. Very cool but completely expected from people who ink skin for a living. Tattoo artists are usually a pretty talented bunch.
Get your tickets from Computicket.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011
3rd January 2012
Over the holiday we went to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 at the Iziko Museum. Although the exhibition itself - the lightboxes and information displayed - wasn’t quite up to the Natural History Museum standards, it was still amazing to see the photographs.
As always there were images and stories to take your breath away but this year I found myself drawn to 2 more abstract shots rather than the usual (and always awesome) animal photos.
Gobi oasis by Swiss photographer Alessandra Meniconzi was Highly Commended in the Wildscapes category and A spectrum of silk by Finnish photographer Antti Partanen was Highly Commended in the Creative Visions category. Both beautiful, beautiful images.
Check out some more of the entries here.
BLANK {space}
22nd December 2011
The other day I discovered BLANK {space} – an sweet little store-cum-gallery that is literally on my doorstep. It’s tiny and hidden away behind big black grills, but inside it’s light and pretty and full of gorgeous letterpress stationary *sigh*, unique prints and limited edition works of art.
Another awesome Cape Town find. Yay!
Sarah Frost
16th December 2011
Have you ever seen a wall made up of keyboard keys? No? Well neither had I until now and how beautiful does it look?
Debris, QWERTY by Sarah Frost was on at PPOW Gallery in New York early this year, and you can check out more of her work here.
Field of Light
1st December 2011
With the countdown to christmas officially on, I thought these images from Bruce Munro’s Field of Light exhibition at the Holburne Museum in Bath would be fun!
(via LaughingSquid)
Richard Mosse: Infra
28th November 2011
These fascinating images are part of a series called ‘Infra’ by Irish photographer Richard Mosse. They were shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo on a color infrared film called Kodak Aerochrome. Now discontinued, it was once used by the military as surveillance technology to help detect camouflage by registering an invisible spectrum of infrared light, rendering the green landscape in vivid hues of lavender, crimson, and hot pink. Beautiful.
“Infra offers a radical rethinking of how to depict a conflict as complex and intractable as that of the ongoing war in the Congo. The results offer a fevered inflation of the traditional reportage document, underlining the tension between art, fiction, and photojournalism. Infra initiates a dialogue with photography that begins as an intoxicating meditation on a broken documentary genre, but ends as a haunting elegy for a vividly beautiful land touched by unspeakable tragedy.”
Infra is showing from November 17 – December 23.
Jack Shainman Gallery
513 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011
(via Trendland)
Bamako Encounters
8th November 2011
Running until January 1st, 2012 is one of Africa’s biggest photography exhibitions, Bamako Encounters 2011. This year examines the search for a sustainable world through photography.
The African Photography Biennial is made up of a number of shows with the main exhibition For a Sustainable World being held at the National Museum of Mali. Paris Photo is also taking place this week from 10th – 13th November showcasing African Photography – from Bamako to Cape Town at The Grande Palais in Paris. I wonder if anything will come to Cape Town?
(Thanks mum)
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011
21st October 2011
Every year I love going to see the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. Not only are the photographs breathtaking, the stories behind the shots are often just as incredible.
This super cute photo of a baby snub-nose monkey won French photographer Cyril Rouso runner-up in the endangered wildlife category. Check out the other winners here.
The exhibition runs until next March at the Natural History Museum in London and the International tour hits the Iziko Museum in Cape Town on December 6th.
Warphabet by Viktor Koen
25th August 2011
Warphabet is a series of alphabet prints by Greek designer Viktor Koen that reflect on the world’s hostilities.
He says “…these are not images about the beauty of weaponry, but a commentary on its uses, results, sale, and distribution. The use of arms and armor throughout covers a wide but random chronology of man killing man. Random, because it made no sense adhering to any kind of order when it comes to something so senseless.”
His first London show Viktorian. Alphabet, Steampunk, Weapons and Toys opens on 13th September at The Coningsby Gallery which I’ll try and see while we’re there next month.
(via Salon)
Anish Kapoor + Richie Hawtin
18th August 2011
Every year, Monumenta invites a world renowned artist to exhibit an installation in the great nave inside the Grand Palais in Paris.
This year the amazing Anish Kapoor installed Leviathan, a ginormous red chamber named after a Biblical sea monster – very cool. On 21st June my favourite DJ of all time, Richie Hawtin preformed in this space, through a creative partnership between The Creators Project and WeLoveArt – very cool indeed.
Check out The Creators Project video of Anish Kapoor and Richie Hawtin discussing how integrating music into a space can create a totally new artistic experience here.
I wish wish wish I’d been there to see that.
