A fantastic retrospective of the work of Kandinsky that I attended with two new friends at the Guggenheim Museum today.
There were a number of things that struck me while looking at the Kandinsky exhibition.
The majority of paintings were from his earlier period between 1904-1911ish.
Kandinsky started painting after he was 30 years old (reminds me a [...]
Yeah I know that Croydon has hardly been high on Banksy’s hit list but take a look at this new piece fresh out of the can and tell me who else could have done this?
A punk struggles to get to grips with assembling a Large Graffiti Slogan from IEAK.
Fantastic detailing and colouring (check the shading on the hoodie and box for starters) and a witty statement juxtaposing the difficulties of assembling flat pack furniture with getting a revolution off the ground mark this out as nailed on Banksy piece. The reference to IKEA stretches further than may be immediatley apparent – in the view of the piece below you can see the twin towers of IKEA’s Croydon branch with their distinctive yellow and blue rings.
A little bit more about the location itself; it’s sandwiched between billboards and next to a tram stop. It’s already picked up a bit of extra detailing but lets hope it lasts a bit longer than other recent ground level pieces….
AOTS link: Banksy IKEA Large Graffiti slogan Croydon
A Rembrandt is coming up for auction this fall, highlighting anew the relationship of old-master and postwar-contemporary values. “Portrait of a Man, Half-Length, With His Arms Akimbo,” from 1658, owned by pharmaceutical heiress Barbara Piasecka Johnson, is the kind of picture that comes to market only once in a blue …