Dec 2009
For the last few monthly we have been quietly working on a new project called The A-Z of Awe. Its an alphabet of limited edition, giclee prints featuring inspiring artists, designers, singers, musicians, film directors, et al. There’s a small run of each print and we’re planning to release them a few letters at a time. The first few going on sale this week are: A for Amy Winehouse, B for Basquiat, C for Cat Power and D for Ditto.
November 2009
The first two Havana originals were sold within 24 hours so we’ve decided to do a limited edition run of 20, large scale, giclee prints with silkscreen and glaze of both designs. They were printed by the excellent fine art printers, Harwood King and we think they look fantastic. Available from 1 December in our shop, our regular gallery Art Republic and new addition, Epoch Art Gallery.
Sept 2009
Hola girls and boys!
Steph is currently working on a series of medium and large scale collages incorporating images from our trip to Havana. The two biggest ones feature awesome black and white photos of the city juxtaposed with the bright blue ocean that surrounds the city, bright clouds, old cars and images of divers whilst the smaller ones focus on Cuba's black market and the amount of surveillance from state police and revolutionary police to paid informants. Here’s a sneak preview of the three medium size originals:
Si Quieres Vivir en Paz
La Vieja Habana
Cuba Black Market Flag
August 2009
This month we made a special trip to Bradford to visit the brilliant HOCKNEY GALLERY in Saltaire. Housed in an old mill in Saltaire, its a fantastic space with different floors devoted to different periods of David Hockney’s work from incredible landscape paintings of Yorkshire, California and the Grand Canyon to his colourful opera stage sets. There’s also a great cafe serving divine food and an inspired bookshop where we always stock up on new art books.
July 2009
Earlier this month we witnessed the controversial PROCESSION by Turner prize winner Jeremy Deller. Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, the Procession featured former mill workers, ravers, carnival queens, ramblers and drummers mixed with artists. We loved the float paying tribute to the world’s first fish and chip shop in Oldham (The Adoration of The Chip!), the steel drummers playing Buzzcocks and Joy Division and the funeral procession with wreaths honouring the Hacienda, Wigan Casino and other lost Northern treasures. We found the rest of the Procession disappointing though. We know the whole idea was centred around the power of community but who wants to see mobile libraries and beauty queens?! Anyone whose seen or taken part in New York’s annual Halloween Parade will know where we’re coming from here...
One thing that inspired and captured our imaginations during MIF was Zaha Hadid Architects installation at Manchester Art Gallery. She’s known for making buildings more playful and atmospheric and believe us, the way she’s transformed the gallery’s exhibition space into a stark but seductive music hall is amazing. The moment you walk in, the space seems to wrap itself around you! It’s open until the end of August - go see!
June 2009
After weeks of editing, Steph has finished finished a beautiful book of photos of Havana. It’s available to buy now through the good souls at Blurb. Incase you’re not familiar with them, they are a cool U.S. publisher that allows artists, designers and illustrators to co-publish great looking books. Steph’s book is the size of a 7” single and is called HAVANA: STREET SCENES. It features 116 photos of the city and you can check it out here:
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