Exhibition
I was pleasantly surprised to see that from the 23rd of October to the 5th of December this year the Zach Feuer Gallery in New York had a retrospective exhibition of works by the Pop artist, teacher and nun Sister Mary Corita.
One of my all time favorite image makers who sadly passed away in 1986 spent 30 years practicing as a nun at the Immaculate Heart Convent in Los Angeles where she also had an art studio and used her time to create screen prints and serigraphs.
Her work features a beautiful mix of type and image usually in bright or fluorescent colours. Newspaper photos, chopped up slogans and quotes, advertising images, jingles and hand rendered type all came together to illustrate political and world issues she felt strongly about with a great sense of playfulness and freedom
It has been said that she is “responsible in part for advancing the silk screen process as fine art”. I can only hope one day to see them with my own eyes. Maybe next time…
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Thursday, 10th of December 2009 Permalink
A couple of posts back I blogged about a free trip to Brussels Fibre was invited to go on by Eurostar and We Are Social. Well, courtesy of the same Little Break Big Difference campaign now you have the chance to win a pair of free tickets to the same destination.
All you have to do to be the winner of this generous offer is recreate a Magritte painting of your choice using photography. You may choose any one of his masterpieces and there are plenty to choose from. The best entry will receive the two tickets to Brussels.
Anyone wishing to enter can email their entry plus an image of the original piece you copied to the ‘contact’ link on the left of the page. The competition will only be open until the end of September, so get snapping!
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Tuesday, 15th of September 2009 Permalink
Bold Tendencies III exhibition has taken over the rooftop of Peckham’s multi-storey car park, this is the third installment in a series of art exhibitions curated by the Hannah Barry Gallery. The exhibition consists of workings from 16 fresh-faced, up and coming artists.
There are some quite amazing sculptures on display. One favourite of mine is the quite humorous “Failed Obelisk”, by James Balmforth – a broken-in-two obelisk, with the top part broken off and stuck on top of a giant spring. Another, a sculpture by Molly Smyth, entitled “Motion Towards Collapse” – concrete steps that lead up to a large window, from which you can see another large concrete window, laid out on the floor below. The strong architectural shape of Molly’s sculpture works really well against the lush panoramic view of the London cityscape, which can be seen from the top of the car park.
Franks Café also shares the space with the art exhibition, which is perfect for a bite to eat whilst watching the summer sun setting across London.
The exhibition is open from Thursday to Sunday 11am till 10pm and runs until September 30th, catch it while the weather is nice!
John Alexander
Posted on Wednesday, 26th of August 2009 Permalink
Anyone who is unfamiliar with the work of photographer JR from Paris, France should definitely look him up.
He started off documenting subcultures with a camera he found on a subway and now pastes up his images in large scale on walls and houses all over the world.
JRs Women project was set up to highlight the importance and “Pivotal role” of women in society, traveling to poor areas like the favelas in Rio de Janero, Kenya, and more recently (in March of this year) Delhi, shooting them in their everyday lives and pasting their images in a huge scale on the surrounding buildings, bridges (and interestingly enough an entire train) in their home towns.
His thinking is that by pasting these same images both in their native countries in the streets and in galleries of western countries he can draw attention to and give a voice to those often over looked people, colliding the two worlds in a striking and unmissable way.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Friday, 21st of August 2009 Permalink
Sunday saw almost 200 models in the shape of children’s TV favourite Morph arranged in a terracotta army outside Tate Modern to honour the memory of the late TV artist Tony Hart. If you don’t know who Morph is, he appeared alongside Hart from 1977 on several of his UK TV programmes, notably Take Hart and Hartbeat. Tony Hart influenced a generation of artists and designers, including me. Check out the different morph renditions here.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Monday, 2nd of March 2009 Permalink
It’s that time again folks, the Village Fete at the V&A is back! This year we’re giving punters the chance to show their darker side with a replica vintage Criminal Record:
“Impress your friends with the Fibre Correctional Facility Criminal Record. Walk in the footsteps of your celebrity heroes - Steve McQueen, Bill Gates, Hugh Grant, Bob Fossil - and get your very own bespoke Criminal Record complete with mug-shot, finger-prints and all your personal details, without the need to spend a second at Her Majesty’s pleasure.”
More details here. Hope to see you there!
Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Friday, 25th of July 2008 Permalink
In conjunction with the Street Art exhibition at the Tate Modern, various works
have appeared in the area surrounding the Fibre studio.
Artists from Spain, Italy, France and Brazil were all showing works at the gallery
and in the nearby streets. Some placed legally, some appear to have been done
without permission. Either way, the message would seem to be the same:
Street art’s ok so long as the perpetrator’s not from Britain.
In a decision I support, the gallery purposefully excluded Banksy in an attempt
to draw attention to other just as accomplished artists and aspects of the art
form. Just a shame I think not to celebrate some more of our own emerging
and already established talent.
There is a map of the route available for download on the Tate website.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Monday, 16th of June 2008 Permalink
On my way back to Elephant & Castle train station yesterday I came across the most amazing sculpture of a “Stag”, standing in the centre of a construct site. The “Stag”, by Ben Long, is 35ft tall and made solely from scaffolding poles. This the fourth in a series of scaffolding sculptures, and it will be on be on display until July. Check it out while you can!
John Alexander
Posted on Tuesday, 20th of May 2008 Permalink
Weare is a fascinating collision of clothing and technology with a simple philosophy - everyone should be able to participate in fashion.
Moving Brands launched Weare with a socially networked and user created scarf. The Moving Brands ecosystem of friends, colleagues and clients were invited to submit images to a window gallery at the Moving Brands studio. This sequence of images was then used to create the Weare scarf. The limited edition, collectible scarf is available to buy online from Moving Brands or in selected design-led shops in London throughout December and January 2008.
Aspiring designers and contributors can create images for the next Weare product – to be produced early in 2008 – by visiting weare.movingbrands.com.
These images will be shown at the Weare exhibition (online and Moving Brands window display) from December 2007 to March 2008. As well as creating images, contributors will also be able to vote for what the next Weare product should be.
In the interest of full disclosure I am the lucky owner of scarf 203 of 1000 and I used to work at Moving Brands. Not that that should stop you checking them out.
Gary Butcher
Posted on Saturday, 15th of December 2007 Permalink
Get a festive design fix at The Design Grotto, at Somerset House next weekend (same place where you can make a fool of yourself on an ice rink every Christmas). It looks like a fun event with interactive stalls, creative workshops and unique gifts for under £20. Stallholders include Beyond the Valley, Multistorey, If You Could, Johnson Banks and Tatty Devine. Oh, and Michael Johnson will be Father Christmas this year (not really, but wouldn’t he be good?).
David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 8th of December 2007 Permalink
