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The Eden House - Bad Men (OnTheirWayToDoBadThings)

2013-03-26T16:24:00.001Z

Phil Manzanera ! - wow - splendid and the track is pretty good too.

Featuring:

Monica Richards - (Faith & The Muse) - Vocals
Simon Hinkler - (The Mission) - Guitar
Phil Manzanera - (Roxy Music) - Guitar and Chaos
Stephen Carey - Guitar
Tony Pettitt - Bass
Andy Jackson - Guitar
Simon Rippin - Drums

Video produced and directed by The Eden House

The naked female form as a tool ?

2013-03-26T16:12:00.000Z

At what point does a nude painting, drawing, print etc, become a sexual or voyeuristic object? Is art above pornography? Is eroticism pornography?

The principal characteristic of voyeurism is that the voyeur does not normally relate directly with the subject of his/her interest, who is often unaware of being observed. Voyeurism may involve the making of a secret photograph or video of the subject during an intimate activity. When the interest in a particular subject is obsessive, the behavior may be described as stalking.

I have always loved the drawings of Degas. The way he portrayed women in ‘the moment’ is sensual and truthful, a skill to be admired. His intimate sketches are defiantly voyeuristic.

In the late 1880s, Degas developed a passion for photography and this new skill influenced the composition of his paintings. He photographed many of his friends, dancers and nudes, and used them as source material for his drawings and paintings.

At what point does Art become pornography?

Does it make it OK for an artist to say he is being erotic in his work, when a non-artist would be accused of being a pornographer or are they the same thing packaged differently?

The use of increasingly explicit sexual imagery in print, on TV, on the Internet, as advertising etc. is common place. This is not a new phenomenon, the female form has been used to sell products and services ever since man invented ‘the market place’. Sexuality is considered one of the most powerful tools of marketing and advertising.

There is a thin (if not a completely invisible) dividing line between art and porn. Intent and message maybe the grey area between them – erotic art is marketed as, and is intended to be seen as pieces of art, flirting with formal elements of art processes, for example referring to other historical artworks. Pornography also uses these tools but its primary intent is to sexually arouse. The distinction between art and porn is highly subjective and I would argue that there is really no difference.

Post-advertising sales response studies have shown that using the naked female form as a tool for attracting immediate interest is effective – but are we becoming immune to sexy ads and not bothering to read the sales pitch?

‘Le déjeuner sur l’herbe’ a photographic version.

Edouard Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe (a large oil on canvas, during 1862 and 1863) caused a big stir at the Salon des Refusés in Paris, having been rejected by the Salon jury of 1863. Manet seized the opportunity to exhibit this and two other paintings, at the 1863 exhibition and reveled in the public notoriety and controversy that followed.

The painting has historic and pastoral overtones, depicting the juxtaposition of a female nude and a scantily dressed female bather on a picnic with two fully dressed men in a rural setting. This painting references previous works of art by Titian (c.1487–1576) and Giorgione (c.1476–1510). The piece is now in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. A smaller, earlier version can be seen at the Courtauld Gallery, London.

The image above was created using 35mm negatives that had been taken using a Pentax SP1000 camera. All Pentax Spotmatics (SP) use the M42 screw-thread lens mount. The lenses are focused at maximum aperture to give a bright viewfinder image for focusing, then a switch at the side stops the lens down and switches on the metering to enable the exposure to be set prior to shutter release. The above photographs were taken in 1981 and 2012 and merged together in March 2013.

Bow Wow Wow‘s version of the same painting:

Famously, coinciding with Annabella Lwin’s posing for album cover work, her mother alleged exploitation of a minor for immoral purposes, and instigated a Scotland Yard investigation. As a result the band was only allowed to leave the UK after McLaren promised not to promote Lwin as a “sex kitten”. This included an agreement to not use a nude photograph depicting Lwin as the woman in The Luncheon on the Grass (Le déjeuner sur l’herbe), though the picture was used as the cover of the band’s 1982 RCA EP The Last of the Mohicans, which became their best-selling album in the U.S.

Win $5000 - design competition

2013-03-11T12:44:00.001Z

Procter & Gamble – design competition – $5000 prize

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‘Manet: Portraying Life’ – very disappointing London exhibition ?

2013-02-23T01:15:00.001Z

This post is stolen from the blog of Morgue Gallery:

‘Manet: Portraying Life’ has been organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in collaboration with the Toledo Museum of Art and is the first ever retrospective devoted to the portraiture of Edouard Manet. The exhibition consists of more than 50 of his works, a vast number of which were ‘never exhibited in his lifetime’ (and maybe should never have been exhibited).

Manet’s ‘Olympia’ is one of my all time favorite paintings but…

If you were not already familiar with Manet’s painting I think you would get the wrong impression from this exhibition – the quality of the majority of the paintings is ‘second rate’ at best and most definitely not typical of his work. This exhibition has done him a massive injustice, threatening his status as an important innovator. He is one of the greatest artists ever but this exhibition portrays him as a mediocre one – a massive shame.

I think you have to view this exhibition as ‘work in progress’ or ‘paintings to be resolved.

The painting of Berthe Morisot is one of the ‘stars’ of the show and does the man credit. Morisot herself is credited with convincing Manet to attempt plein air painting, she also became his sister-in-law when she married his brother, Eugene…

I wish I’d painted this (maybe?)

Manet’s Olympia (which is in the Musée d’Orsay) is an important painting. In 1974 at Stourbridge College of Art I did a series of paintings based on ‘Page 3 models’ and I was intrigued how Manet’s Olympia … Continue reading →

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'My Life in the New York Times' - Ross Bleckner

2013-02-08T11:19:00.000Z

Ross Bleckner is an American artist and the current Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations.

In 1995, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum had a major retrospective of his works from the last two decades of exhibitions at acclaimed institutions such as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm Moderna Museet, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Through his philanthropic efforts, Ross Bleckner has enabled many community organizations to perform their vital work. He is on the board of AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA), a non-profit community-based AIDS research and treatment education center. Bleckner is currently a Clinical Professor of Studio Art at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. In May 2009 he was awarded the title of Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations. He was the first fine artist to receive the position. Later that year Ross Bleckner travelled to Gulu, Uganda to work with former children soldiers and abductees. Together the children and Bleckner created portraits and paintings, which were sold at a United Nations benefit and through his exhibition, Welcome to Gulu, at Lehmann Maupin Gallery. Proceeds raised were used to aid to UN's effort to stop human trafficking in Uganda. Ross Bleckner currently lives in New York City.

Filmmakers Derek Britt and Gerald Seroy are shooting a feature length documentary about artist Ross Bleckner. To crowdfund this effort, they are utilizing Kickstarter to offer exclusive pledge rewards rarely available to the public. Pledge rewards include:

1. A limited edition, autographed copy of Ross’s newly revised and expanded journal, My Life in the New York Times (Allworth Press, October 2012). Ross has not had a book signing tour so this is an exclusive opportunity to be the proud owner (or gifter) of an autographed copy of his book ($60).
2. An artist signed, limited edition print of one of Ross’s sought after hummingbird series. This is a beautiful 11”x14” pigment print on archival paper and it’s a Kickstarter exclusive ($350).
3. An original painting by Ross Bleckner from his hummingbird series. There is only one original painting offered. It’s an acrylic on linen, signed by the artist.

For more information, visit the filmmakers Kickstarter project click here.

About Ross Bleckner’s Book: American artist Ross Bleckner comes this stunning and thought-provoking collection of more than one hundred collages assembled from clippings of New York Times articles which is newly revised and expanded. Chosen for its personal significance to Bleckner and for the ways in which they later affected his work, the fragments of text and image in some pieces are unadorned; in others, the artist has painted around the clippings in watercolour and then photographed them in order to create a meaningful work of art. In My Life in the New York Times these pieces—each of them accompanied by the artist’s commentary—are brought together in hardback for the first time.

Ross Bleckner. (2012, June 3). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:08, February 8, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross_Bleckner&oldid=495757824

This year World #Book Day falls on Thursday 7 March

2013-02-06T00:59:00.003Z

New books by top authors for only £1.00

The Internet is driven by words, keywords and phrases, images and various types of embedded media or apps, to be part of this information and entertainment stream you have to be able to read. If you can't read then you have a limited experience.

Here is a great initiative – try to support and help with this mission: Quick Reads, which has a huge impact on helping thousands of adults improve their literacy, will be encouraging adults to ‘start a new chapter’ in 2013.

Veronica Henry - A Sea Change

Andy McNab – Today Everything Changes

Kathy Lette – Love is Blind

Simon Kernick – Wrong Time, Wrong Place

Minette Walters – A Dreadful Murder

Mike Tucker – Doctor Who, The Silurian Gift

These books are bite-sized novels which are clearly printed and presented.

Since its launch in 2006, Quick Reads has sold and distributed over 4 million books through supermarkets, bookshops, workplaces and prisons. NIACE has led the outreach work since the start of the initiative and continues to work with employers and workplaces to encourage adults to read more and improve their skills.

Jenna is known as The Ice Cream Girl. She doesn’t mind the name one bit. After all, it’s a happy name, and there are far worse jobs than selling ice creams on Everdene beach.

Craig spends as much time as he can at the beach hut in Everdene he rents with a few of his mates. As a policeman, it is a restful change from his daily life, and he’s surfing mad. One weekend he’s down there on his own when he notices a girl on the beach. He’s young, free and single and she catches his eye. But on this particular summer weekend, both Jenna and Craig’s lives are about to change . . .

We have a few left in stock if you would like a copy

2013-02-03T09:38:00.001Z

The limited release of 100 CD’s of The Sampler #05 featuring Finish The Story which was originally released as an exhibition promo giveaway in September 2007. The discs are numbered and have the exhibition stamp.

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The limited release of 100 CD’s of The Sampler #05 was originally released as an exhibition promo giveaway in September 2007. The discs are numbered and have the exhibition stamp.

Review – Finish The Story – The Sampler #05

"…now their inclusion had been settled five Finish The Story tracks. ‘Playing At Life’ is even better with a mean throb, and more of his sublimely catchy, nagging guitar with Nicola’s unusually piercing vocals and a weirdly spooky synth. ‘Solace’ is more relaxed, actually far more towards the This Window style, being like ambient bellows, billowing………..and there’s an intriguing little slice called ‘Ripples In The Water’ at the end too. Read more..."

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The music industry has been destroyed by this something for nothing culture, with albums being given away for free.

People are constantly looking for free promotions from businesses and are no longer prepared to pay a fare price for things. We have appeared to embraced the ‘something for nothing’ culture and are consequently (probably) destroying the fundamental laws of capitalism. If you can get everything for free then how do we make money?

Something for nothing is a part of marketing, a way to trap your client into a product, a culture or a brand, to entice them or convince them to buy your related products.

The music industry has been destroyed by this something for nothing culture, with albums being given away free. It can be argued that this has made the music industry more democratic, enabling individual musicians and artist to compete in the free download market. However, this surge for free content has diluted the industry, the purse is getting empty so artists are not getting paid a fair return for their efforts. It gets worse – websites that delivered free content (and some paid) are now disappearing as the general public now only downloaded the free stuff and not the paid tracks. With the demise of the 7digital indiestore service shutting down on in September 2010 an avenue for the democratic production of paid for and free downloads by independent artists has closed. There are dozens of other viable alternatives for free mp3 downloads out there but for how long?

Limited edition CD from M4tr Productions

2013-02-03T09:29:00.000Z

We have a few left in stock if you would like a copy for £5.00 – contact us

The limited release of 100 CD’s of The Sampler #05 was originally released as an exhibition promo giveaway in September 2007. The discs are numbered and have the exhibition stamp.

Review by Mick Mercer – Finish The Story – The Sampler #05

…now their inclusion had been settled five Finish The Story tracks. Rejoice people, rejoice! ‘Trapped In The Hometown’ has a gauzy tangle of music behind slowly drawn vocals with its memorable guitar rising alongside and revealing a weighty variety of musical avenues to pull you down; the mood empty, or brightly in your face, a thoroughly diverting, divine encounter. ‘Playing At Life’ is even better with a mean throb, and more of his sublimely catchy, nagging guitar with Nicola’s unusually piercing vocals and a weirdly spooky synth. ‘Solace’ is more relaxed, actually far more towards the This Window style, being like ambient bellows, billowing………..and there’s an intriguing little slice called ‘Ripples In The Water’ at the end too.

First in Google = tools for your Art?: #WordPress app - too twitchy to blog with

2012-11-27T09:08:00.001Z

#WordPress app - too twitchy to blog with

Checking your stats from your android mobile phone can't be a bad thing - can it?

The WordPress app is a handy little tool, the stats data you see is the same data you see when at your blog’s web dashboard. This includes 'Views by Country' and 'Top Posts & Pages'. If your blog is a self-hosted blog you can enable the stats in the app by installing the free Jetpack plugin into your web dashboard.

The WordPress app has traditionally been a twitchy thing and unfortunately it still is when using some blog templates - images disappear and code becomes meaningless spaghetti.

The best use for this app is as an optimizing tool, using the stat capability. If you want to post something on the go then just use the text fields and ignore inserting media. Having tested this app on an iPhone and a Sony Xperia, the android version appeared to work better.

Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is currently developed by Google in conjunction with the Open Handset Alliance. Initially developed by Android Inc, whom Google financially backed and later purchased in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 86 hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.

The painting at the bottom of the stairs = via PeterBright.info

My iPhone died and I decided it was time to try another phone. I am now an android. This photo and post was created using the WordPress app.

Recorded in a basement in Burlington Road

2012-11-14T10:19:00.001Z

This album is a rare insight into what was going on in Yorkshire in the late 1980's

Trawling through my old vinyl collection I have discovered a little gem. It is not a fantastic album (it could be described as awful) but it does capture the spirit of 'homemade music'...

Various – Saw Yourself In Half

Label:	Raquel Indie Productions
Catalog#:	RAQ 001
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Sampler
Country:	UK
Released:	1988
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Alternative
Notes:	This Album was recoded in a basement in Burlington Road, Beeston, Leeds called the Dungeon Studio. All the tracks were produced and engineered by Martin Howard and distributed by Red Rhino/Cartel. Side A is called ‘Side Extreme' and Side B is called ‘Side Meaty'. The track by ‘The Keatons' is misspelt on the album cover, it should be ‘Heat Struck Dense'. There was also a spelling mistake on ‘The Legendary Len Liggins' song title too – it should have been ‘Len Liggins' 114th Dream'.

Tracklisting:

A1	The Legendary Len Liggins	Len Liggin's 114th Dream
A2	The Shrubs	Latin Mills
A3	The Keatons	Heat Struck Dents
A4	The Dennis Nordens	Double Money
A5	Twelve 88 Cartel	The Method
A6	Jon and Alex	Green Mother
A7	Leven Signs	Cracked Flag
A8	This Window	Wildlife
B1	Blitzkrieg	One Way Vacation
B2	The Demolition Experts	Revenge
B3	Bang Bang	Nightmare
B4	An Alien Heat	Shelter
B5	Furore	The Real You
B6	A Tonal Thrust	Lonley Water

Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds can trace its recorded history to the 5th century when the Kingdom of Elmet was covered by the forest of "Loidis". Leeds and has always been a center of great music.From being a compact market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century Leeds expanded and absorbed its surrounding villages to form a highly populated urban center by the mid-20th century.

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Getting people to read - new #books for pennies

2012-11-07T06:26:00.001Z

#marketing

New books by top authors for only £1.00 - to encourage more people to read.

Here is a great initiative - try to support and help with this mission: Quick Reads, which has a huge impact on helping thousands of adults improve their literacy, will be encouraging adults to 'start a new chapter' in 2013. A new website is expected to launch at the end of October, where full details of the six new titles will be available:

Andy McNab - Today Everything Changes

Kathy Lette - Love is Blind

Simon Kernick - Wrong Time, Wrong Place

Minette Walters - A Dreadful Murder

Veronica Henry - A Sea Change

Mike Tucker - Doctor Who, The Silurian Gift

These books are bite-sized novels which are clearly printed and presented.

Jenna is known as The Ice Cream Girl. She doesn't mind the name one bit. After all, it's a happy name, and there are far worse jobs than selling ice creams on Everdene beach.

Craig spends as much time as he can at the beach hut in Everdene he rents with a few of his mates. As a policeman, it is a restful change from his daily life, and he's surfing mad. One weekend he's down there on his own when he notices a girl on the beach. He's young, free and single and she catches his eye.

But on this particular summer weekend, both Jenna and Craig's lives are about to change . . .

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2012-11-07T06:19:00.001Z

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Photocopying machines and printers can create drawings.

Drawing: Common tools for making marks include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals (such as silverpoint). An artist who practices or works in drawing may be called a draughtswoman or draftsman.

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Download the remixed version of 'Extraction' by This Window which was originally recorded in 1989.

Polish artist

2012-11-02T10:34:00.000Z

Poland has always produced fantastic artists, both visual and audio. I was fortunate enough to be taught printmaking by this experimental printer.

MAREK LACZYNSKI (Polish / 1925-)

Marek Laczynski was born in Warsaw. He was a partisan in WWII, while still in his teens. He left Poland after the Warsaw uprising in 1944, arriving in England with the Polish forces in 1946. He studied art at Borough Polytechnic and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Marek Laczynski exhibited at the Grabowski Gallery, London, in 1960 and 1964. From 1964-1985 Marek Laczynski was Lecturer in Experimental Printmaking at Exeter College of Art and Design. Besides teaching at the college, Laczynski also published two books with the School of Printing’s private press imprint Bartholomew Books, The Wizard with his Pupil (1972), illustrated with original etchings, and Faces of Fear (1974), his own poems with reproduced etchings reminiscent of Fautrier’s Ôtages. Laczynski exhibited at Market Print Gallery, Exeter, in 1978. In 1981 he was one of ten artists who contributed prints to the Printmakers Council Portfolio, alongside Anthony Gross, Gertrude Hermes, John Piper and Julian Trevelyan. The British Museum has 9 woodcuts by Marek Laczynski in its permanent collection. Since 1985 Marek Laczynski has lived in Vienna.

Original source here

The Wizard and His Pupil . a Polish Fairy Tale

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Remixed version of 'Extraction' by This Window

2012-10-31T03:09:00.001Z

Download the remixed version of 'Extraction' by This Window which was originally recorded in 1989.

Tias, Lanzarote - August 2012

This image was taken using a Pentax P30, 35mm film camera, which uses manual focus lenses with the K-mount bayonet fitting. The lens used to take this photograph was a Rikenon 1:2 50mm, which was originally off a Richo KR-10 (super). At about 510 grams, the Pentax P30 (no. 3702885) is easy to carry and handle and has shutter speeds from 1/1000 of a second to 1 second. The automatic mode on this film camera chooses the best shutter speed and aperture setting to give the novice photographer a better chance of capturing a good image. It also has a semi-automatic mode as well, which chooses most of the settings but allows for more creativity. There is also a totally manual setting for the brave.

The film used was Fujicolor C200, a budget-priced film (expire date April 2014) processed by Jessops in Barnstaple. The negatives were scanned using an Ion Pics 2 SD.
Using old film stock in a Pentax P30

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#Art Investment?

2012-10-26T08:47:00.001+01:00

#Art Investment?

...the next must have object that will hopefully be an investment

The demand for good affordable art has been spearheaded by an interest from emerging economies. An increasing number of private individuals have been teaming up with 'ART" experts to get advise on the up and coming, emerging artists. Some financial advisers and institutions are encouraging clients to include art in their portfolios. Not only has this created a market for new artists but established, lesser known creators (that have been flying below the radar) are now beginning to ride on the crest of the wave. We read reviews, visit galleries, go shopping and are sometimes captured by cynical marketing. When friends, neighbors and family show off their latest lifestyle purchases, frantic impulse buying (online) begins - we want the lifestyle but we want it cheaper... Read more on Technorati

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The image above was taken with a Pentax K1000 35mm film camera, Artist oil paints, a photo by 35mm_photographs on Flickr. – September 2012.

I cant believe how much oil paints cost – I’m going to have to charge for my paintings by the square inch (or centimeter) from now on...Peter Bright

Number one in blog charts

2012-10-26T08:38:00.001+01:00

Number one in blog charts

My blog has reach number 1 in the top printing blog charts today.

Has Jesus cast out the money lenders from the temple or is he charging rent?

This is the print of mine that was exhibited at Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th Street, NY (January 2012)

I was delighted to be included in this exhibition which also featured artworks by Jeff Koons, Yoko Ono, John Waters, Donald Baechler, Marilyn Minter, Ed Ruscha, Polly Apfelbaum, Adam Fuss and Kiki Smith .

Methodology doesn’t describe specific methods; nevertheless it does specify several processes that need to be followed. These processes constitute a generic framework. They may be broken down in sub-processes, they may be combined, or their sequence may change … Continue reading ?

Born in the analogue age - This Window

2012-06-10T10:01:00.000+01:00

There is something magical about making things badly. Being born in the analogue age I revel in the process of difficulty - to get great result from an analogue processes, like recording music or using 35mm film requires skill...

With the birth of digital imaging we can all be accomplished photographers - there is however a resurgence of analogue photography. Is this nostalgia or a quest for artistry?

Vintage and retro photography

The image on the left was taken with a Pentax K1000 in 2012, using a 35 mm film black and white Ilford HP5 film. The negatives were scanned using a HP film scanner. This Pentax camera is a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, manufactured by Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. The production run was from 1976 to 1997, originally manufactured in Japan and then assembled in China. The Pentax K1000 uses a horizontal travel, rubberized silk cloth focal plane shutter with a speed range of 1/1000 second to 1 second, along with Bulb and a flash X-sync of 1/60 second. It is 91.4 millimetres tall, 143 mm wide, and 48 mm deep, and weighs 620 grams. The body was finished in black leather with chrome trim only, although early production Pentax K1000 SE bodies had brown leather with chrome trim.

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Beach Read

2012-06-10T09:41:00.002+01:00

A book for Summer

The Beach Hut for Kindle - only £1.99

To celebrate the start of summer and the (sporadic) sunshine, The Beach Hut is currently on special offer and available to download onto your Kindle/iPad/whatever for £1.99.

The Long Weekend, which is out on 5 July. It's about the owners and guests at The Townhouse by the Sea, a fictional boutique hotel in Cornwall, and their adventures over one sunny summer weekend. You'll be surprised what they can get up to in such a short space of time.

The photo below was the inspiration for the book - although the beach huts at Everdene are slightly larger and more luxurious - call it artistic license!

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Art = purchases on the Internet?

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UK Contemporary Art Sale

2012-05-12T09:23:00.001+01:00

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La Belle et La Bête

Original painting by Peter Bright . Media: Painting and Screen Print on canvas, signed and dated 2011.
Size: 501mm x 1603mm
Supplied in the original frame.

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Notes on Painting:

The act of being creative is a love hate thing – The Beauty and The Beast someone fetch a priest(ref. David Bowie)Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740. The best-known written version was an abridgement of her work published in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, in Magasin des enfants, ou dialogues entre une sage gouvernante et plusieurs de ses élèves; an English translation appeared in 1757. The tale has perhaps been made most recently famous by the retelling in the 1991 Disney film.In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. liberated 12:47, April 7, 2011, from: http://en.wikipedia.org
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Soft pink landscapes (1980) Richard Hamilton A landscape of soft focus and toilet paper – a turgid landscape. Collotype and Screenprint – text and image. A remembered exhibition.
Rediscovering the printing process after nearly 40 years has been an interesting process – disappointingly modern inks are not as rich in colour (earthy colours are very plastic like) and modern water based inks don’t become part of the surface, they sit on it, which is incredibly frustrating – the reason I took up printing in the first place was because of the absorbed flatness of the pigments.
‘Stoned Moon Series’ was Rauschenberg’s ambitious response to the American space program and the landmark Apollo 11 mission that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface in July 1969. At the invitation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Rauschenberg witnessed the momentous launch of Apollo 11 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.’

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2012-05-10T08:39:00.000+01:00

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Original painting by Peter Bright . Media: Painting and Screen Print on canvas, signed and dated. Size: 600mm x 500mm Includes original 1970s frame…

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Guy the Gorilla (May 30, 1946 – 1978) was a Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) which was London Zoo‘s famous resident, something of a celebrity in the 1960s–70s and was often profiled on kids TV shows and natural history productions. Guy the Gorilla was one of London Zoo’s best-loved animals.He arrived at the zoo on 5 November 1947, Guy Fawkes Night, hence his name. He was a tiny baby, weighing just 23 lb (10 kg) and holding a small tin hot-water bottle. Guy was the replacement for the zoo’s previous gorilla, Meng, who died in 1941. Guy was captured in the French Cameroons on behalf of Paris Zoo and was traded for a tiger from Calcutta Zoo.

It was organized that London Zoo would have Guy. The Paris Zoo Director sent instructions to their game department in West Africa to find a suitable female to mate with him.London sent a request to a variety of animal dealers and zoos worldwide to find a mate, and in 1969 the zoo was offered Lomie, a five year old female who had been living in nearby Chessington Zoo. She lived in the old Monkey House in London Zoo for a year before being introduced to Guy.

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Home recording - the computer age dilemma. How many sides?

2012-03-31T09:57:00.000+01:00

The ‘audio artist’ had to rethink the whole creative process

Compact Cassettes, were the way that home recording artists distributed their ART. Cassettes consisted of two miniature spools, between which magnetically coated plastic tape was passed and wound between them. These spools and other mechanical (physical) parts were contained and supported inside a protective plastic shell. Two stereo pairs of tracks (four in total) or two monaural analog audio tracks could be recorded onto this fragile tape; one stereo pair or one monophonic track is played or recorded when the tape is moving in one direction and the second pair when moving in the other direction – thus creating two sides. Cassettes produced a lot of ‘hiss’ and were a very poor method of archiving and storing audio. The trick was to get as much recorded volume onto the magnetic surface with out making the ‘music’ distort.

With the conception of downloading audio, the ‘audio artist’ had to rethink the whole creative process.

This is probably my most favorite This Window cassette release. http://www.thiswindow.org/ex1.html

Released in 1989 on a Belgian label it was remixed and is available at most retail download stores. It was always meant to be a composition of two halves – side A and side B but neither CDs or mp3s have sides. The remixes have been split into four sections and when played randomly on a player manage to work. The original concept of two halves has now become one of many plausible combinations – how weird is that? – When it was conceived (by four naked people in a bath) this was not an option.

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2012-03-15T09:42:00.003Z

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Well to be honest this drawing is probably worth nothing but it was a pleasant surprise to rediscover it.

This drawing was created around 1981 – I’m not sure why I did it but I’m glad it wasn’t lost.

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Peter Bright exhibitions #printmaking

2012-02-24T08:20:00.002Z

Peter Bright (aka This Window) will be exhibiting at least three new prints at an exhibition called, ‘Offset‘. Offset is an exhibition of prints by North Devon Artists at West Buckland School which starts March 5th.

Below are a couple of recent exhibition contributions:

The Alabama Art Kitchen, USA

Here is an image that was exhibited at The Alabama Art Kitchen (An Art Collective) 2626 University Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA, during February 2012.

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Has Jesus cast out the money lenders from the temple or is he charging rent?

This is the print was exhibited at Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th Street, New York, USA. (January 2012)

"I was delighted to be included in this exhibition which also featured artworks by Jeff Koons, Yoko Ono, John Waters, Donald Baechler, Marilyn Minter, Ed Ruscha, Polly Apfelbaum, Adam Fuss and Kiki Smith."

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Charleena - 'STOP THIS WORLD'

2012-02-10T20:19:00.001Z

Found by chance and was drawn into it - really like this!

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Bauhaus - I dare you (to be poor)

2012-02-10T14:01:00.001Z

The footage on this video reminds me of when I was in their support band (1979) and the day we were asked to play Berlin with them but couldn't.... we had no passports - we were poor back in the day - we still are.

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