Thankfully there are more and more entry points becoming available into different areas of the creative sphere — every single time you make one discovery there are a thousand more in attendance — all hyperlinked and convenient for you. To Read more…
Tag: artists
It\’s kind of weird, I woke up expecting an interlude for Freakangels and that was exactly what I got. A chance to read back through stuff and re-cap. It\’s such an easy read, and who can begrudge Ellis and Duffield Read more…
the (r)evolution of modern expression: it is a phrase that captures so much of the spirit of mike\’s work, whether it is his art or his writing. the pieces are alive with process, with thought, with meaning — like the Read more…
To complete the trilogy of talented artists from Whitechapel that I wanted to draw people\’s attention to comes Zira Sparovec. I have had the pleasure, as have the other members of Warren Ellis\’s extended online community, to see some of Read more…
I seem to be spotlighting people that I have found through Whitechapel, Warren Ellis\’s online community today. The number of people on that site with real creative talent is staggering and some of the work that you are privileged to Read more…
Best known for creating the cover to The Beatles album Sergeant Pepper\’s Lonely Heart Club Band, Peter Blake is, for me at least, one of the most accessible of the pop artists. He is someone else I found through the Read more…
The film by Julian Schnabel delivered the tragic yet charming story of Basquiat to me before I found it, which I eventually would have through my exploration of Warhol and the world of The Factory. His art is unlike anything Read more…
When I first saw the works of Andy Warhol i have to admit to being totally non-plussed. It was at a Pop Art exhibition at the Tate Gallery and lined up next to the other people there for me he Read more…
There is nothing out there quite like it. Ellis is not just creating something that no other major comics writers are creating, namely a webcomic that comes out every week, he is creating a narrative that is pretty uncommon in Read more…
I think, as with a lot of things, the Young British Artists, as they were known, are easy to look at and assess from a perspective that is not barraged by so much hype. I think at the time so Read more…