Why This Is Hell

Warhol is Here, There and Everywhere

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:54:19 GMT

Having, against my better judgement, gone to Bexhill to see the Warhol show (free, De La Warr, worth it for the building which needs a lick of paint again), I see another exhibition coming to Dulwich Picture Gallery. Which is more than the DPG website admitted to yesterday.

The Artist Rooms Warhol is going to Ferens Art Gallery, Hull 2 June 2012-13 January 2013; I'm not sure if they'll also have the various loans which were at Bexhill.

There's meant to be something at St Martin's, but I've not found any details on their website.

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A Metatheses Pork Night

Tue, 04 May 2010 19:34:51 GMT

Kudos to Evan Davies who told Jim Naughtie off for thanking Andrew Marr on Monday's Toady programme at about 8.30. Marr had clearly been precorded and Naughtie - who should know better - wasn't fooling anyone.
The Anthony Gormley statues seen in London are now lying on the roof of the De la Warr Pavilion - I feel a trip to Bexhill on Sea coming on. And maybe a visit to the bookshop.
My blood pressure is up - having nearly forgotten to go into a well known pharmacy to pick up my prescription, I had to explain that my name wasn't Batch, rather I had a batch prescription lodged with them. Further I had to explain that these were situated through the back. I had brought six psecriptions in a month ago, and this was not the last one. And as it was already signed and dated, I didn't need to sign and date it. I begin to regret telling the doctor - who had, after all, talked me into using this scheme "for the convenience" - that I had finally got them trained at the chemist after two years. Frankly, going in the the surgery to drop off a repeat prescription and picking it up 48 hours later is less stressful.

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Wild Beuys

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:01:23 GMT

When Joseph Beuys crashed his plane during the Second World War, the Tartars who rescued him rubbed animal fat on his body, and wrapped him in felt. It should be no surprise to see felt and animal fat as recurrent elements in his ready mades and central to his art.

Beuys is the subject of the Artist Rooms exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea. The Artist Rooms series of exhibitions are sponsored by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland, and are scattered around the country - Warhol in Walsall, Mapplethorpe in Sheffield - but you need to do some digging to find the dates and locations of them (the Tate's own website not being that informative - http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/featuredworks_doffay.htm is one way in), and seems to be built around the donation of Anthony d’Offay (see also http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/aug/24/artist-rooms). ETA: http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/artistrooms/ gives dates and venues

( Beuys is Here )

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Blue is Beautiful, Blue is Best

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:54:59 GMT

I'm Blue

I'm Beautiful

I'm Best

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