I was at an opening of Rembrandt, Picasso and Warhol prints at the William Bennett gallery tonight, which was enjoyable for a few reasons.
1. I dropped by early, the gallery wasn’t crowded yet.
2. The quality and number of prints from each artist are impressive.
3. Explaination of each medium was placed next to a body of [...]
Archive | October 22, 2009
400 Years of Printmaking -Rembrant, Picasso and Warhol
We’re going on a Roa hunt
Roa’s been in town recently and left a great collection of pieces all over the Shoreditch area. From sleeping boars to nibbling squirrels there’s a great variety of wildlife to now be found on the all too barren streets of this part of town. Most of the main pieces are detailed below. There’s another one to be had but its on a double door thats open every time I go past.
Green Day answer – show previews tonight and opens tomorrow
So well done to Larry Livermore* for knowing the answer to the connection between Euston Station and Green Day. It was the site of their first ever UK gig which was held in what is now the Britannia pub above an Marks and Spencer Simply Food store on the station concourse. At the time it was called Rails or the Railway Tavern and was part of Travellers Fare (anyone remember that)? Quite a surreal space to go and watch a band (let alone Green Day) and then walk out directly into the station. Green Day did a neat trick which still grosses me out until this day but its probably best left untold. It wasn’t exactly a packed out show as I remember – lets just say if you were there I probably know you!
* Larry Livermore was running Lookout Records at the time – thanks for giving us ‘The Thing That Ate Floyd” Larry!
The Art of Rock previews tonight and opens at Stolen Space tomorrow.
The Britannia pub on Euston station – scene of Green Day’s first UK gig
A stranger place for the gig would be hard to imagine