David Hockney - A Bigger Picture shows that he is the master of many media. Equally impressive in oils, watercolour and charcoal as on the ipad. My personal favourites are those works that turn Yorkshire into vivid, fluorescent landscapes.
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
This stylish homage to the golden era of Hollywood has it all; humour, romance, drama, glamour and Uggie the dog!
Jeremy Scott Adidas Originals by Originals Spring/Summer 2011
Teddy Bear
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
