Religious iconography is underscored throughout the large scale abstract works in this, Henri Brande’s first exhibition in the UK, giving the already hushed environment of the white-walled gallery space an even more hallowed atmosphere. Added to this an air of mystery about an artist who not only preferred to work under the radar for half […]
An artist’s 9-5 job can often be the inspiration behind some of his greatest creations away from the daily grind. Mile End-based artist Stanislav Geissler’s journey as a sculptor has taken him from his homeland of the Czech Republic where he worked as a panel beater and he is now resident in London employed as […]
Caravaggio’s technique of using intense contrasts of deepest shadows against whites with moon-like colour came to be known as chiaroscuro. The overall effect is to charge the piece with drama and also create a sense of compositional volume. It was imitated not only by 17th-century artists such as Valentin de Boulogne and Jusepe de Ribera […]
From Antony Gormley’s 1998 Angel of the North sculpture, perched on a Gateshead hill and commenting on North East social and post-industrial transition, to his current exhibition at The White Cube, Bermondsey doing much of the same about London, but in a totally different way (although The Angel of the North’s baby brother makes a […]
The Miss Black & Beautiful beauty pageant of the 1970s and 80s broke new ground as regards representations of black beauty, with women sporting full afros for the first time in this UK event. The work of photographer and event organiser Raphael Albert was exhibited at Autograph ABP, Shoreditch and discussed by guest speakers including […]
This exhibition of sculpture, paintings, photography and sound installation at the Koppel Project Hive, Holborn is inspired by artists Sol Bailey Barker and Gabriella Sonabends’ 2014 sojourn to Colombia where they lived amongst villagers, gathering first hand tales and myths even as civil war erupted around them. This research formed the foundation for much of […]
Exactly 512 years ago Michaelangelo’s statue of biblical hero David was unveiled in Florence, then the spiritual heart of the European Renaissance and this its undoubted signpost and centrepiece. And that was on this day September 8th, today auspiciously falling on a Thursday, a week day now synonymous with art appreciation and private views across […]
During the Cold War era of the 60s when President Brezhnev was locking horns with his liberal, free thinking arch enemies in the West, the first signs of a counter culture that dared to be even more free-spirited than democratic capitalism grew out of the music, art, fashion, poetry and world love philosophy sweeping Western […]
Punk was born on February 12th 1976 when the Sex Pistols had one of their typically anarchic, venom-fuelled gigs at The Marquee, Oxford Street. This exhibition at The British Library takes you back to those early days and the bands that launched a sub-culture that shocked the world. Punk svengali Malcolm McLaren’s input into the look […]
After celebrated Brit sculptor Andrew Gormley completed his Angel of the North he was inundated with questions about his creative process? His memorable take on this: “People are always asking, why an angel? The only response I can give is that no-one has ever seen one and we need to keep imagining them.” Well imagine […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
