Having failed to secure my own photos of this exhibition, I offer here the link for the Facebook page for this show. This has the advantage that you can see a whole range of wonderful stuff - and mine as well.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=426915370805034&set=oa.742284422555460&type=1&theater
Showing posts with label plane invasion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plane invasion. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Lies, Foxhounds, Blackjacks and Bears
I lied. The artist's book did not materialise at all. I have realised now that my first one, two or three ideas are generally crap but it is only by working through them that I get to something that I am reasonably proud to put into the public domain. So I started cutting out Russian bombers from paper - little ones, about 10 cm high. It brought to mind paper planes and I soon had a lot of them. Cutting out paper planes is very pleasing and seductive. But what to do with them?
Then I remembered a necklace I saw in the Met (?) some years ago. It was, I think, an Afghan war necklace, presented to Nancy Reagan and it was in gold with AK-47's hanging from it. At the time I thought was an extraordinarily powerful and provocative present it was to give to the wife of the President of the USA. So I tried to make my own war necklace with MiGs and bombers instead of guns. In between the planes, I put some of the news reports from the BBC about the bombers being spotted over the UK. There are 8 sections to be hung in tiers like a wide neck piece. In a way it is still an artist's book as well - there is a narrative to it in 8 pages. It is just unbound.
I only have photos of the planes as I was cutting them. I'll have to get photos from the show later.
Then I remembered a necklace I saw in the Met (?) some years ago. It was, I think, an Afghan war necklace, presented to Nancy Reagan and it was in gold with AK-47's hanging from it. At the time I thought was an extraordinarily powerful and provocative present it was to give to the wife of the President of the USA. So I tried to make my own war necklace with MiGs and bombers instead of guns. In between the planes, I put some of the news reports from the BBC about the bombers being spotted over the UK. There are 8 sections to be hung in tiers like a wide neck piece. In a way it is still an artist's book as well - there is a narrative to it in 8 pages. It is just unbound.
I only have photos of the planes as I was cutting them. I'll have to get photos from the show later.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The Plane Invasion or How To Spot A Russian Bomber
I'm making an artist's book, called How To Spot A Russian Bomber for this exhibition. (I'm also meant to be writing an exhibition review for this Thursday but will only finish that of course when backed into a corner, like a rat, by the deadline).
Here are some book pages so far. They are digital collages made from scanned and printed images.
Here are some book pages so far. They are digital collages made from scanned and printed images.
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