Richard Long at the Tate

New online technology at the Tate - a nice interactive addition which includes close-ups, artist statements, glimpses of people in the gallery, etc.

MA Summer Show Private View

The Camberwell College of Art MA Summer Shows went off really well last week, though it’s sad to see a lot of great people leaving from Illustration and leaving a few of us part-timers kicking around the place! The work from Illustration was exciting, and as predicted, very diverse with editorial illos, children’s books, graphic novels, animation and more – something I really appreciate in this course. Group crit sessions and regular meetings meant that we all had an inkling of who was doing what, but most went an extra mile towards the end and a few suprises lay in store.

500 people came through the door in the first 15 minutes, and around 2600 through the evening. See some of my photos here and get more on ‘09 MA Illustration grads here (thanks Tom). The crowds made it a bit tricky to get photos so above are a few Illustrators except for the guy with the toast – a printmaker – who gave out an edition of ‘toast prints’ at the door.

Fantasy Houses

Alamo Square, 2004

I came across these brilliant photo galleries when looking at unusual dwellings. Check out this sumptuous San Francisco in Jell-O by Liz Hickok… a jelly cityscape which eventually decays - Jell-O Shots gallery, (First Post).  I also love David Trautrimas’ collection of fantasy houses, All Mod Cons, (First Post).

Stand Mixer Mews, 2008

Roger Hiorns’ SEIZURE

Roger Hiorns‘ set about improving a dilapidated 60’s low-rise London council flat. It was as cold as Eliasson’s sun was warm. Liked the bath.

See my photos on flickr

Go to ICON Magazine’s online review for more information on the installation, and how SEIZURE was created.

Illustration Friday – Pretend

Moruroa. PRETEND it’s not happening. 

This is one of my entries in this week’s in-house illo show at Camberwell, inspired by the original ‘Duck and Cover’ campaign. While there was little understanding about radiation poisoning or fallout in the late 1940s, (read more here) regular nuclear testing continued on Moruroa until 1996. This week’s Illustration Friday theme is ‘Pretend’. Moruroa. Pretend it never happened.

MA Illustration Group Show

Last night we toasted our first little in-house Illustration-led show, held on the ground floor of the Wilson Rd building. Other MA Visual Arts disciplines were invited to join in, however these are mostly Illustration students responding to the theme, ‘Cover‘. Size had to be 12×12cm (CD cover size) with no restrictions on media.

Photographic Portrait Winners at NPG

This is ‘Bag’ by Hendrick Kerstens, part of the NPG’s new Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008 exhibition.

Belonging

Yesterday I dropped into House for an essential coffee on my way to Camberwell’s Wilson Road site for an informal meeting with some of the other new ‘part-timers’ on the MA Visual Arts (Illustration) programme. 
 

It was fortuitous to catch the last day of Carolyn Lefley’s exhibition of photographs titled ‘Belonging’, inspired by the tale of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’, and the search for a home – somewhere to belong. 
 

At the moment I’m interested in exploring the way fairy tales have been told and illustrated over time, and like all good fairy tales, ‘Belonging’ is enchanting – visit Lefley’s website for a close-up look.