Spending an hour a day in the Leeds Art Gallery and Henry Moore Institute reading Sven Berlin… good times. The Elm wood sculptures by Henry Moore are absolutely gorgeous.
Archive for the ‘cultural’ Category
Henry Moore
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011Arcade Fire: Ready to start.
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011On the waterfront. Classic.
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011She makes me angry
Saturday, January 15th, 2011found on decembersuns
Behind the lens of the Sartorialist.
Monday, January 10th, 2011Winter Surfing
Saturday, November 27th, 2010Perhaps it’s a kind of personal central heating method but even though we are entering into a very cold snow filled December I’ve been watching a few surf movies. ‘Big Wednesday’ has to be one of my favorite surf movies ever.
Grim Fandango
Sunday, November 21st, 2010Every bone in my body loved this as a teenager and I still do!
The Genius of British Art
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
I recently watched the Janet Street-Porter episode of ‘The Genius of British Art‘ on 4OD and absolutely loved it! The episode begins and ends in St Ives Cornwall, one of my favorite places in the world not just for art but for surfing and it’s beautiful setting. Janet begins her exploration of modern British art by introducing St Ives as the place that she first fell in love with British art, I could quite easily say the same for myself. The episode also ends with Janet talking about ‘The Dark Monarch‘ exhibition in the Tate St Ives at the end of 2009. The image above is of Janet stood in the entrance hall in-front of Patrick Heron’s large stained glass permanent feature and Damien Hirst’s unicorn piece which in my opinion was the perfect magical way to start the ‘The Dark Monarch‘ exhibition. The Dark Monarch is also the title of a book by Sven Berlin, since reading it I have become almost obsessed with his other works which give a great insight into the transformation of British Art in the mid 20th Century and of the artist himself.
Henry Moore Institute Leeds
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
Today was a fine sunny November Sunday and I wandered into the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds City center. There were some lovely and interesting pieces in the latest undone exhibition.
An American Tail
Monday, November 1st, 2010Recently came back from an amazing trip to New York to see Stella Kim (will post photos soon) and was reminded of one of my favourite childhood cartoons ‘An American Tail’ by Steven Speilberg
Edith Piaf – La foule
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010The Wilderness Downtown
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
I already loved Arcade Fire and their new album ‘The Suburbs‘ before I stumbled upon this brilliant interactive video by Chris Milk and I love them even more now! Incorporating the viewers own home town imagery with the Arcade Fire track ‘We Used To Wait’ playing over the top really makes the subject matter and lyrics much more relevant. Visit: http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ to see what I’m on about.
