It feels like a lifetime since part of the ‘art world’/London art scene or a functioning ‘writer’. Xmas downtime allowing old habit fall as it may perusal of ‘culture’, led to these two manifestations of ‘art’.
Would have seen this back in the day [17 years since Tate Mod opened!?]
Sensation and the everyday merged. There are no more answers [if there ever were?] just a continuous stream of irrelevant questions, now that anything goes.
Strange how things stick in your head and don’t let go and you return to them again and again.
“re-animated, re-configured and re-claimed object a Readymake“
It is still the Knight that enthrals me. I would happily have a whole game set just with these pieces. Truth be told whilst there are hundreds of great chess piece designs, I have never found a whole set where I am 100% delighted with all of the pieces.
Man Ray bishop
The best option might be a set of disparate but complementer pieces? Getting the weight, material, colour/tone of all the pieces to ‘match’ would be a very interesting occupation/hobby. Sounds like a new pastime/meme to me.
brainstorm palimpsest scrapbook
something with a Chinese puzzle ball base
eggshaped-weighted-base non-topple Castle in the Pyrenes Magritte rook
Duchamp knight
Man Ray bishop
a queen with a slowmotion splash crown
Calvert-esque stupa king sans cross
Elongated neck Cluedo-gamepiece-like Staunton pawn
The front cover of the French version of Here by Richard McQuire. Just like a Hopper painting it seems full of potential, intrigue and threat?
Fantastic art. A modern fairytale set within a fantasy architectural environment.
Currently reading some Koyzcan ‘stickboy‘ a Novel in Verse.
to read the printed word
to go for a run
do a puzzle a day
Running the entire tube network to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK and War Child
one-off at the wrist
A curated glimpse into a world of infinite beauty and creativity.
one-off at the wrist
one-off at the wrist
one-off at the wrist
one-off at the wrist
one-off at the wrist
