I interviewed the painter Christopher Le Brun on 19 November, 2008, in preparation for a piece in Metro to tie in … More
Month: August 2011
Aug 30 2011: Art, Elephants & Black Stars: An Interview With Chris Ofili (Big Issue In The North, 1998)
This transcript was made following an interview with Chris Ofili on 9 November, 1998, to mark the opening of a retrospective … More
Aug 29 2011: Kangei – Welcome Aboard! (Japan Airlines Booklet, 1964)
A brochure from 1964 giving information and instructions to passengers on Japan Airlines might not seem the most fascinating of … More
Aug 28 2011: Space Age Exploitation (Advertising from Valiant Comic, 1970 – 1972)
Two issues of Valiant comic, from 1970 and 1972, featuring a host of derivative comic strips (recognisable knock-offs of anything … More
Aug 27 2011: Birth, School, Work, Church: An Interview With Dave Allen (Big Issue in the North, 1998)
I travelled across London, having not long been living there, on the morning of December 12 1998 to meet Dave … More
Aug 26 2011: Woodlouse from Poetry Wales (p.33, Vol.20, No.4, 1985)
In London on Thursday, I was making my way towards Tate Modern to catch the Joan Miro exhibition (which is … More
Aug 25 2011: Three Postcards Showing Views Of Mount Fuji (Japan, 1964)
Among the things I’ve been seeking out this year are old enevelopes, specifically from the period between around 1953 and … More
Aug 24 2011: Two Monochrome Photographs Contrasting Heroic and Automated Mining Techniques (Dates & Locations Unknown)
Two images: one is a photograph of an unidentified miner in which his figure is framed as a kind of elemental archetype, representing labour itself … More
Aug 23 2011: Plates from Popular English Art by Noel Carrington and Clarke Hutton (King Penguin, 1945)
As an example of commercial book design approaching the quality of fine art, this 1945 King Penguin edition of Noel … More
Aug 22 2011: The Road To Mazetlan: An Interview With Isaac Julien (Big Issue in the North, 2000)
I met with Isaac Julien on a cool and slightly overcast mid-morning at a cafe just off the Tottenham Court … More