Post Tagged with: "Art"

  • Desperate art wives

    Down at the Vibe Gallery in Southwark they are showing Desperate Art Wives who are “a group of women and artists who have been putting our “artistic needs” on hold to attend to our family and work duties, but who have also never forgotten who we really are at heart.” Apart […]

     
  • The treasures of Archway Road

    On what was until recently a stretch of closed down shops on Archway Road near Highgate tube, a cluster of interesting shops has sprung up. Big Smoke’s Sarah Cope went along to investigate…   Souvenir We started our tour at Souvenir (249 Archway Road), where proprietor and graphic designer Cassie […]

     
  • Kate Murdoch; finding, reclaiming, reusing art

    Kate Murdoch is an artist based in south-east London. She tells Big Smoke about the inspirations behind her work. Hello Kate. You’re first exhibition was back in 2007 in Deptford. How did you arrive at this point? Had you always wanted to be an artist? In 2007 I applied to […]

     
  • Gormley at the British Library

    Artist Anthony Gormley, most famous for the Angel of the North, was down at the British Library earlier today unveiling a new work – titled ‘Witness’. I’m a big fan of Gormley ever since seeing one of his great seas of clay men (Field) back in the nineties. He’s always […]