Category: Art

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle

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Make Better Music 54: Exile On Mickey Street

09/08/2011

Another interesting realisation, specific to time spent in a Disneyland Resort, is that it is hard to feel anything but happy when the air is constantly filled with ragtime, pumped out into the...

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Gunfire in the studio: Shooting film, photons & 12-bores

06/08/2011

I’m often asked, ‘What are the best bits about being an artist?’ A glance in the mirror after my day in the studio typically reveals a tired face peering out from beneath a...

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Our-Merica 1: Imaginings of America

03/08/2011

Photos of America...

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Make Better Music 53: The Software Trap

26/07/2011

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcapfter a slightly wild couple of days defending myself from various opinions on last weeks article, I’ve decided to go over what I...

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Flower fluffers: Hampton Court Flower Show

21/07/2011

Tumescent Blossoms and Dripping Petals. Photographer Rob Mann discovers the seedy side of the Hampton Court Flower Show. I am thoroughly enjoying Hampton Court Flower show, from gratuitous marketing...

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Viewing Violence: The Beginning of David Otokpa

21/07/2011

David Otokpa is not yet a name known to many outside the London graduate photography scene. However, with his vivid Fight Club series he has already won over a number of high profile advocates and...

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JMW Turner Ancient Rome; Agrippina Landing with the Ashes of Germanicus exhibited 1839 Oil paint on canvas support: 914 x 1219 mm frame: 1230 x 1530 x 140 mm painting Tate. Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

‘Dear Curator’: Exhibition Do’s and Don’ts with Sara Raza

20/07/2011

Artists want to be curators & curators want to be artists....

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Make Better Music 52: Practice vs. The Software Trap

19/07/2011

It occurred to me the other day, after I’d picked up my guitar for the first time in a while, and for the first time in my life my skills had noticeably diminished. I’ve not played much for a...

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Make Better Music 51: Twenty Better Music Tips

13/07/2011

Your music is what it isn't. What it lacks will define it. Don't forget why you are writing it, don't get side-tracked by writing or recording it - you are making an experience for the listener....

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Make Better Music 50: What Would Jesus Do?

05/07/2011

Make Better Music 50: What Would Jesus Do?. One of the beautiful things about music is that sounds don't lie - they are what they are. This means that when you hear a piece of music that you adore,...

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Make Better Music 49: Accepting the New

28/06/2011

Make Better Music 49: Accepting the New. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

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John Squire – Celebrity Stars

23/06/2011

What do you get when you mix modern celebrity with traditional Islamic design? Faceless stars? Or celebrity with depth? This isn't a joke by the way. John Squire needs little introduction....

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Make Better Music 48: Putting Out – Production

21/06/2011

Make Better Music 48: Putting Out - Production. Getting people together to work on something as a group is forever getting harder, whilst making music via the computer (where so many of us spend so...

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Somewhere Somehow We Repair – Body Studio

10/06/2011

Mary George's group exhibition in a fully functioning gym juxtaposes the static with the kinetic, the delicate with the strong, the physically aspirational with the spiritually contemplative. At...

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Modern Panic – Carnevale Grotesque

09/06/2011

Art can be like a wedding cake, full of jam and sponge and sugar on top. It's tasty, once in a while, but won't blow you away. You can spend a lot of money on it, but it won't really...

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Miss Led – Street Style Perfection

08/06/2011

Illustration with a street edge, Miss Led's art has moved to galleries, brands have taken note, the rise and rise of graf influenced art continues.  Miss Led is a UK based artist with a keen...

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Make Better Music 47: Messiaen and the Blues

08/06/2011

Make Better Music 47: Messiaen and the Blues. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

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Make Better Music 46: Satie, Reich, Schoenberg and the Limits

07/06/2011

Make Better Music 46: Satie, Reich, Schoenberg and the Limits. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

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Eye Hear, Heart See 5: Give up the Ghost

06/06/2011

Sugarcubes – 'Ammaeli' This dream is for you, so pay the price. Make one dream come true, you only live twice. Nancy Sinatra – 'You only live twice' I don't know Who...

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Make Better Music 45: Oh, The Possibilities!

31/05/2011

Make Better Music 45: Oh, The Possibilities! Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

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Eye Hear, Heart See 4: The way I feel inside

30/05/2011

Nothing much could happen Nothing we can't shake Oh we're absolute beginners With nothing much at stake As long as you're still smiling There's nothing more I need I absolutely love...

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Sublime Simplicity: Miroslav Tichy & Shimabuku

28/05/2011

Miroslav Tichy & Shimabuku at the Wilkinson Gallery strips the world bare and celebrates the uncomplicated and beautiful. Another month, another First Thursday. Galleries on the surprisingly...

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Watch the Pretty Birdy: Sage Vaughn

25/05/2011

Sage Vaughn’s press bio is a juxtaposition of culture and wildness, of knowing clichés and their subversion, bold phrases that beg repetition, and suggestions of a contemplative day trip...

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Make Better Music 44: Polyrhythms….the hallmark of complexity!

24/05/2011

Make Better Music 44: Polyrhythms….the hallmark of complexity! Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

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Eye Hear, Heart See 3: Please, please, please

23/05/2011

In my mouth It sting my lips It's like eclipse As I'm in the crossword puzzle But I can't fill in the blank Cibo Matto – 'White Pepper Ice Cream' When the loving is fast...

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Lillian Bassman – Enter the Boutique

21/05/2011

I don't go to boutiques. I don't check out fashion photography either. But this is something different. There's a world in here. Standing outside the Donna Karan boutique off Regent...

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Make Better Music 43: Has everything been done?

17/05/2011

Make Better Music 43: Has everything been done? Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

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Eye Hear, Heart See 2: Optimo

16/05/2011

Every night's a different story It's a thirty car pile-up with you Everybody's getting younger It's the end of an era, it's true. – LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself...

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Make Better Music 42: Being the Next Big Thing

10/05/2011

Make Better Music 42: Being the Next Big Thing. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

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Eye Hear, Heart See 1: Float On

09/05/2011

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense Take what you have gathered from coincidence The empty-handed painter from your streets Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets This sky, too, is...

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