Grayson Perry’s Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman is the best example yet of a contemporary artist working with a museum collection. Inspiration sits next to Perry’s recent works, often leaving you guessing as to whether the object was made by him, or, as you find out a Ghanian or Peruvian craftsman from centuries earlier. This creates a playful atmosphere the collection’s objects feel refreshed and re-animated in this context.
Grayson’s ceramic works are jaw-droppingly beautiful, his wry observations of the whims and mores of contemporary society rendered delicately the exterior of vases and plates are as peculiar as those on the historial objects. Craftsmen, artists have for time immemorial used objects to create a visual commentary about the world around them.
The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman is at the British Museum until 26 February 2012
Sonia Delauney’ s - textile design
This stylish homage to the golden era of Hollywood has it all; humour, romance, drama, glamour and Uggie the dog!
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
For all you sneaker freaks - the SNEAKERMUSEUM in Cologne
Miffy in Fashion at Centraal Museum, Netherlands
November 23, 2011 at 1:38pm
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Ai Weiwei’s supporters - a naked protest.
Photo He Yunchang
November 11, 2011 at 11:49am
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Jeremy Scott Adidas Originals by Originals Spring/Summer 2011
Teddy Bear
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Like a bad trip these are the beings of nightmares. The paint deftly seeps and slithers its way across the canvas constructing aberrant characters within satirical scenes that challenge neo-con. politics, religion as well as contemporary society’s insatiable greed.
Aaron Johnson - Freedom From Want
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Steve DeFrank, 2011, Hole in one
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Steve DeFrank, 2011, HeeHeeHaHa
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