Outsider Art in Bin
So, Michael Landy and your Damien Hirsts in your so-called art bin. This is real art, in a real bin, in London NW3 - discovered moments ago. It's a piece of Matisse-inspired art, maybe taking in a bit of Chris Ofilli on the way - and surely a comment on the role of women, and apples. Or are they pomegranates? The piece is unsigned and still in the bin on top of a carton of strawberry Yazoo milk, in case you want to get it, near Parliament Hill Fields tennis courts.
Drawing a Hangover
Sometimes I draw my hangover. This was a particularly nasty one in Wales, last year:
This was a bad one in Starbucks where I was quite confused:
This one is actually a headache:
This one is the hangover I would have had, if I'd been bothered to drink the night before:
This was a bad one in Starbucks where I was quite confused:
This one is actually a headache:
This one is the hangover I would have had, if I'd been bothered to drink the night before:
Prada Girls
Seeing pictures of thin children with back-combed hair and tomato-coloured lipstick for the new Prada S/S 10 collection, inspired me to draw them. They look like kids on holiday - gawky, inexperienced, prone to falling over very suddenly, sulky if they don't get an ice cream in the next ten minutes. Contrary-wise, I like it. A lot. They is rockin' a good look. (Even though in all reality, older women who sit in Highgate cafes talking about their loft extensions buy Prada. I think.) So I'd better draw those types too, then. Soon.
Georgia May Jagger
Photo (not scan) of Georgia May Jagger from a Vogue photoshoot. Made with watercolour and Indian Ink. I like quick photos of pictures, which are not quite representational, to scale and therefore not professional. The contrast is low; colours dimmed. It could be scanned, but at the moment I'm not going to do that.
JOHN AND EDWARD REMAIN KINGS OF OUTSIDER ROCK
I just love John and Edward from X Factor, I can't help myself. I think it's the quiffs. Or the fact they are obviously outsiders in the school playground... in the library... in everything. They are also twins.
The Best Art I've Seen for.. a While
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's new website has revealed some wonderful outsider art. Lou Reed, Bono, Yves Saint Laurent [who looks like Max Wall], the Obamas [pictured] and many more are cleverly disguised by a talented Outsider artist who claims to be someone other than Carla, but who might just be Nicholas' missus filling in the down-time between visiting boring embassies. This is exceptional stuff and needs to be given a, erm, smaller audience. Oh.
Madonna for Louis Vuitton
After seeing the commercial advertisements for Ladies Outfitter Mr Louis Vuitton, I was inspired to paint a watercolour of Madonna... as she might look had she come from Bognor Regis and had dressed up in the garb just because it was a Thursday night.
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