P.G. Wodehouse, 1957
7 years ago
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Urban Art Put To The Test. Says Bonhams. Masters Of The Urban Medium.
Errr Ye, No.
24th of February, Bonhams London will be having a sale of popular urban artists, fronted by the genius sell-out, Banksy. Dunno how much the catalogue is tho - Bonhams are quite coy.
Considering the idea of 'Sell-out' and high art auction houses sporting urban art is a big field. And fucking interesting. Go to your local art college and ask for a dissertation on Banksy if you want some crappy research.
Mark Rothko VS Andy Warhol
Today I shall be pondering who won out of Rothko and Warhol:
You've got the Russian immigrant of academic stock, who went to Yale yet never finished vs the second generation Slovakian who studied commercial art at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Rothko weighing in earlier than Warhol and making noises such as...
"A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer. It dies by the same token. It is therefore a risky and unfeeling act to send it out into the world. How often it must be permanently impaired by the eyes of the vulgar and the cruelty of the impotent who would extend the affliction universally!"
...and then describing the pop-artists as "charlatans and young opportunists".
But we have to hand it to Warhol, despite worldwide recognition, he's still underrated. "Art is what you can get away with" is one of his quotes. The Velvet Underground, "Fifteen Minutes Of Fame". He is the man.
Anyway, Ding-Ding
You've got the Russian immigrant of academic stock, who went to Yale yet never finished vs the second generation Slovakian who studied commercial art at Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Rothko weighing in earlier than Warhol and making noises such as...
"A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer. It dies by the same token. It is therefore a risky and unfeeling act to send it out into the world. How often it must be permanently impaired by the eyes of the vulgar and the cruelty of the impotent who would extend the affliction universally!"
...and then describing the pop-artists as "charlatans and young opportunists".
But we have to hand it to Warhol, despite worldwide recognition, he's still underrated. "Art is what you can get away with" is one of his quotes. The Velvet Underground, "Fifteen Minutes Of Fame". He is the man.
Anyway, Ding-Ding
Monday, 9 February 2009
My Girlfriend Thinks Our Flat Should Be Communist...
From each according to his abilities bollocks,my abilities got me a
PS3 and ain't paying her half of the rent.
PS3 and ain't paying her half of the rent.
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Meta-Physical Friday™
For when it's got all the attributes of a Friday; no work the next day, sex drugs and rock n roll that night - but it's not actually a Friday! Great huh?
Have yourself a meta-physical Friday - TODAY!™
Have yourself a meta-physical Friday - TODAY!™
Monday, 2 February 2009
:: Alex Millar Photo-Copies ::
Pretty straight-forward really. Washington Green signed artist, Alex Millar, has directly reproduced an image of L.S.Lowry standing in Salford to create the popular print 'You Take The High Road'.
Except maybe for an industrial chimney in the middle of the river.
As someone who believes in credit where it's due, this photograph is used on the cover of the book 'Lowry's City', by Judith Sandling and Mike Leber.
This kind of thing is fodder for youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com. As they say, "Maybe It Was The Night Before, Maybe You're Just Not The Creative Type..."
Alex's print is sold out from the publisher, retailing at £1,495 over it's 99 editions.
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