Wednesday 22 April 2009

He is Gabz too

I found this amazing polish illustrator. There's loads and loads of stuff on his webiste. But these were by far my favourites. Dark, edgy and best of all sublimely drawn. Stuff like this just makes me happy. (little sigh) http://www.iamgabz.com/en

Saturday 18 April 2009

Do Ho Suh - the loss of individuality

Do Ho Suh is a Korean artist who had an exhibition at the serpentine gallery AGES ago, which featured, among other things, a glass floor held up by tiny figures, and entire rooms made from translucent silk. But even though I went to the exhibition when I was about 12, I often think about it, and only today realized fully what he was trying to portray through his work. It seems to me that his work deals with the loss of individuality, and the fragility of our existence. I wish they would bring the exhibiton back, I think it was the most important exhibition I've ever been to.






Monday 13 April 2009

Chocolate inspiration

It being easter and all I thought some chocolate inspired thought was completely necessary. I was watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on TV yesterday and the surreal and mostly ridiculous landscapes made me think that we should be thinking a lot more like Willy Wonka, that everything should be as off the wall as possible, as mad and crazy as a whole world full of sugar variants is