Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
25.7.11
6.6.11
The month of May
Having been in something of a cultural void of late, due to all things running related (to find out more, take a look at my other blog, here) I have missed exhibitions and art a-plenty. But now I'm back on it, and have been making up for lost time by touring the city's galleries.
Here are a few of my favourite exhibitions...
Matthew Day Jackson. Everything Leads to Another, at Hauser and Wirth, Savile Row
I've been seeing a lot of coloured skulls in installations recently...
I really like these wooden leg casts too
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Piccadilly
The Summer Exhibition is a real tradition for me. As a child, I visited every year with my Dad - it was one of the few things we did together, and I enjoy it as much for the memories as for the exhibitions.
What I love most is the mish-mash sense of it all - clashing images crowded on walls. It's refreshing to see art in abundance, rather than scaled down for concept's sake.
I've always loved pattern
Other shows I've enjoyed have been photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis' This Handsome Man exhibition, similarly her These Things exhibition atExposure
8.2.11
Lisbon's painted Blu
I found these photos from a recent trip to Lisbon. Created by Italian graffiti artist Blu, they look down over Lisbon life.
I love the way he incorporates the architecture's structure and details into his designs, making the art interact with, rather than simply overlay its canvas.
I love this illustrative video, a collaboration project between Blu and David Ellis.
I love the way he incorporates the architecture's structure and details into his designs, making the art interact with, rather than simply overlay its canvas.
6.2.11
Type the Sky by Lisa Rienermann
Deep in the depths of my desktop I found these incredible images by photographer Lisa Rienermann. The images are are taken from the ground, looking up at city skyscrapers.
Rienermann claims it took only a couple of weeks to compile the alphabet, though a little Photoshop magic was applied here and there.
The series entitled Type the Sky is accompanied by a book, for more info click here. Interview exerts found on www.dezeen.com
The series entitled Type the Sky is accompanied by a book, for more info click here. Interview exerts found on www.dezeen.com
30.1.11
Modern British Sculpture
I was kindly invited to attend the Royal Academy's Modern British Sculpture exhibition press preview the other day, and here are a few of the pieces on display.
No doubt Damien Hirst's fly infested installation will gain column inches, but there are hundreds of seminal sculptures on display which I urge you to explore.
While you're at it check out the new Tom Dixon designed Peyton and Byrne restaurant at the Royal Academy. (The blueberry pancakes are delicious!)
Modern British Sculpture runs until April 7th.
The Royal Academy
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BD
While you're at it check out the new Tom Dixon designed Peyton and Byrne restaurant at the Royal Academy. (The blueberry pancakes are delicious!)
Modern British Sculpture runs until April 7th.
The Royal Academy
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BD
26.12.10
24.11.10
Pulp68 Keith Haring skate ramp
I love this Keith Haring skate ramp, and I love that it's in a secret location. To find out where, visit the brand's Facebook page.
14.11.10
11.11.10
Ralph Lauren enters the 4D dimension
To launch the company's online store, last night the Ralph Lauren building on New Bond Street, London was used a a canvas to project this incredible visual projection.
26.9.10
Peroni presents Senza Tempo
Back in June I was lucky enough to travel to Rome to watch the filming of Italian beer company Peroni's new short film, Senza Tempo (Timeless).
Directed by Gabriele Muccino, who also directed Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness - the film tells the story of an ambitious film director and his neglected and dejected fiancé Anna, set in 1940s Rome.
The scenery is absolutely beautiful, and the costumes - all designed and made by Moschino, were equally stunning.
Senza Tempo is being shown exclusively in UK cinemas now, or you can view it above.
Directed by Gabriele Muccino, who also directed Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness - the film tells the story of an ambitious film director and his neglected and dejected fiancé Anna, set in 1940s Rome.
The scenery is absolutely beautiful, and the costumes - all designed and made by Moschino, were equally stunning.
Senza Tempo is being shown exclusively in UK cinemas now, or you can view it above.
23.9.10
Time to breathe
So another London Fashion Week has been and gone. The constant clacking of stilettos across cobbled courtyards has ceased, and the incessant thudding of basslines booming from the show tents has finally finished resonating in my ears; but for all the circus and mayhem of fashion week I never stop loving it. This was my first season doing menswear too, and it ended up being my favourite day of the week!
Fashion weeks are always such an assault on the senses – so much to see, and inevitably always rushing from one venue to the next; but this season I was covering presentations and so spent quite a lot of time on-site. What struck me was the magnificence of the venue Somerset House, a stately building in central London. I marvelled as much at the twisted and polished brass door handles and the vibrant fresco ceilings almost as much as I admired the clothes that I was there to see.
Below are a few photos I took at Somerset House.
Fashion weeks are always such an assault on the senses – so much to see, and inevitably always rushing from one venue to the next; but this season I was covering presentations and so spent quite a lot of time on-site. What struck me was the magnificence of the venue Somerset House, a stately building in central London. I marvelled as much at the twisted and polished brass door handles and the vibrant fresco ceilings almost as much as I admired the clothes that I was there to see.
Below are a few photos I took at Somerset House.
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