Art
Oliver Twisted
Who wants to read the dusty old classics when you can read them updated with blood and guts being spattered all over the place? Me Me Me!!! Yeaaaah! What’s become known as mashups even had an imprint (Quirk Classics) to cater for the... Read More »
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Band Of Skulls’ Emma Richardson
In February 2012, Emma Richardson, bassist and vocalist in Band of Skulls, presents her first solo exhibition in London, a series of paintings created in response to music by the Southampton three-piece. They release their second, much-anticipated album, ‘Sweet Sour’, in February and this exhibition marks another artistic highlight for Richardson. The exhibition consists of... Read More »
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Social Monstrosities by Superdoll Collectibles
I’ll be completely honest. I turned up at Blackall Studios, Shoreditch on Thursday night not too sure of what I was walking into and definitely later than expected. An event that sold itself as “one of the most eccentric installations you will ever get to see” and seemed to focus itself around some dolls, Social... Read More »
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180NHM film fueled by Relentless
MMA fighter, Roger Gracie, stars in 180NHM film fueled by Relentless Energy Drink. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion and MMA fighter, Roger Gracie, talks about the pressure of coming from a fighting legacy and his motivations in exclusive interview footage in a 180NHM film. 180 seconds long, the film is an energetic yet thought provoking portrait... Read More »
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Book Of Skulls
Seen the poster for Final Destination 5? It’s utterly compelling – the skull with structural steel rods literally being rammed into the orifices – simple and disturbing. Skulls have long held fascination and dread for many, featuring in art and literature and film since the art forms began. From high culture (Hamlet contemplating the skull... Read More »
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Rise of The Planet of The Apes
Did we need another Planet of the Apes after Tim Burton’s widely criticised 2001 reboot of the franchise? Someone in Hollywood clearly thought so and thus we’re given a prequel, directed by Rupert Wyatt (known for not very much) and starring James Franco, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto, Tom Felton and Andy Serkis in motion-capture as... Read More »
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Shit London ~ Patrick Dalton
To give the book its full title – Shit London: Snapshots Of A City on The Edge – might make you think this is the most depressing book of all time. Page after page of blood on the sidewalks, pensioners being flung through the air by yummy mummys driving Chelsea tractors at breakneck speed to... Read More »
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ABSOLUT – THE START OF CREATIVITY
In collaboration with a new generation of artists, ABSOLUT VODKA is introducing ABSOLUT BLANK, a global creative movement, in which ABSOLUT appears as a catalyst for cutting-edge creativity. The initiative comprises 18 artist collaborations, films, print and outdoor ads, events and a digital art piece that lives and evolves in your mobile phone. ABSOLUT has... Read More »
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Tracey Emin: Love is what you want review
Graphic objects, offensive quilts and dirty laundry. Just a number of key attributes to the continued success of Tracey Emin. It doesn’t matter whether your knowledge on Emin is negative, positive, extensive or non-existent, regardless of circumstances, I guarantee any art-based audience will take away a personal feeling or attitude to life when viewing this... Read More »
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Banksy Exhibition
If you fancy hanging a Banksy original in your boudoir you better crash a truck into a cash-point first, because the average price is £95,000 a piece at Andipa Gallery, Kensington. Unsettling, magnetic, laughable and exquisite rolled into one; Disorder checks out the provocative exhibition. Banksy ‘Laugh Now’ (2002) £95,000 Andipa Gallery, Kensington is holding... Read More »
