Brian Haw, the man who has tirelessly protested against the Iraq war and has on several occasions been removed by police from parliament square for daring to exercise his democratic rights has been the main focus of the latest Turner prize winning art production by Mark Wallinger.
It’s nothing huge but whilst people have the ability [...]
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War protester celebrated in art exhibition
Posted in Art on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts on the Minerva Theatre production of Macbeth
Posted in Art, Culture, Peforming Arts, Theatre on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The opening scenes as the dying soldier relates the bravery of Macbeth to a the commissar that is King Duncan sets the tone for this excellent interpretation of the Scottish play, it is darker than dark, disturbing to the point of frightening, passionate like teenage lovers, powerful like raging torrents, unrelenting like a full military [...]
Lost and confused
Posted in Art on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On a more cultured note, the 17th May will see the opening to the public of a rather interesting piece of Art by Anthony Gormley whose previous works include the Angel of the North.
The exhibition called Blind Light is a 10m x 8m x 3m glass box filled with a constant cloud of thick mist which restricts [...]
Explosion
Posted in Art on February 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have been hard at work, both in the literal sense and in the artistic sense, I’m sure there are a few people who would argue that art is work in a literal sense, but I’m not a professional and never have been so I don’t make money through what I do (though people may [...]
