Posts Tagged ‘british’
Realise Your Dream – Lion and Unicorn #3: Art
BRITAIN. WHERE BETTER TO REALISE YOUR DREAM IN ART? The British Council is offering 5 creative Australians a once-in-a-lifetime chance to work alongside the best creative talent in Britain. You will even receive a return flight to London and an 00 NAB Cash Passport. So if you are madly talented and desperate to fulfil your professional potential in the UK, apply before Friday 3 July at: www.realiseyourdream.org.au
Saatchi Art Gallery/The Revolution Continues: New Art From China
Chinese revolution as new Saatchi Gallery opens in London
THE OPENING OF THE NEW SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON
The new Saatchi Gallery opened its doors for the first time on Tuesday evening, with celebrities and art world stars arriving in their droves for the art event of the season. The 70000 sq ft gallery was packed by 7pm with a queue quickly forming along the King’s Road. Guests such as Mica Parish, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk and Ruby Wax joined collectors Anita Zabludowicz, Ivor Braka and Daria Zhukova to see the new gallery and inaugural exhibition of Chinese contemporary art. Julian Schnabel, whose paintings are on display in the Phillips de Pury & Company space on the third floor of the gallery, flew in from New York for the event, and Lily Allen and Nigella Lawson posed for photographers among the wheelchair-bound old men of Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s installation.
Heri Meets Artists Gilbert and George [Again]
Heri meets iconic Modern British artists Gilbert and George in East London! By complete luck and they talk to Heri,it all gets a bit fanboy…..! en.wikipedia.org I used to see George everyday in the early ninties as he went for an evening walk, and he used to always say hello. For no reason apart from saying hello.Which always stuck in my mind.People never talk to each other in London! He was always dressed immaculately in the rougher East End of London ,contrasting sharply in his tweed suits. Theses are the daddies, the forefathers, godfathersof the cool brittania damien hirst, tracey emin, modern art movement of the nineties. Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore created a big body of work especialy the jack freak picture series . But they also turned their lives into a living work of art. en.wikipedia.org It was exceptionally cool to bump into 2 great modern living artists. Heri mkocha
Tracey Emin and Turner Contemporary in Margate
Turner Contemporary Gallery has opened its doors to public in Margate, Kent. 80000 people visited it in a month. The well-known British artist Tracey Emin, who opened the gallery, describes her emotions for the opening of the Gallery in Margate where she grew up. Turner Contemporary was built on the spot where famous seacape and landscape painter JM William Turner used to live.
Tracey Emin: Love is what you Want
Tracey Emin at the press conference for her show, Love is what you Want, at the Hayward Gallery in London
Tracey Emin on Desert Island Discs: November 28th 2004
Renound artist Tracey Emin appears on the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs, hosted by Kirsty Young.
Tracey Emin’s ****
Tracey Emin, Banksy and The Ex-men. When will the last two be up for the prize?
Ben Strange interviews Tracey Emin
Ben Strange interviews controversial artist Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin Only God Knows Im Good at LEHMANN MAUPIN
James Kalm is slumming on the Lower East Side when he comes across this opening. Tracey Emin is a founding member of the ybas (Young British Artists) and represented Great Britain in the 2007 Venice Biennial. Featuring over 53 works in neon, film, sculpture, embroideries and monoprints, this extensive show continues the artists exploration and objectification of her own sexuality, lust, longing and desire.