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.
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