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Not sure whether to read a book or inspect some art for inspiration? Russell Cobb, a celebrated illustrator based in the UK, offers a creative compromise: experimenting with canvases, he has come up with a colorful and striking ‘book painting series which is just lovely.
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British photographer Tom Broadbent has spent the last few years travelling around the UK developing his latest work, At Home With the Furries, by sticking his beak into the everyday lives of a group of dess-up-lovers known as Furries. What are Furries, you say? Everyday people who dress up in elaborate furry animal costumes who [...]
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Richard Harris has a date with death. Or several dates, actually. His exhibit, Death: A Self Portrait, has been running at The Wellcome Trust exhibition, London, since last November. It’s a collection of art pieces from different cultures and time periods. They are varied and intriguing, and when viewed as a series, they come together [...]
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This little outfit working out of Bristol are producing every delta blues aficionado’s dream piece of kit. The cigar box guitar used to be commonplace among African-American musicians in the impoverished American South, who around the time of the Great Depression were too poor to afford the real thing. Like the washboard, it was a [...]
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A dramatic love story has to be clever enough to still give you smiles. Tabu has it – photography like no other with a magnificent story that makes you want to walk along the river looking for crocodiles. This was a winner of the 2012 Berlin Film Festival: the FIPRESCI Jury Prize and Alfred Baeur [...]
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The 80s in the UK must have been pretty scary, these public information films that detail how to survive a nuclear attack on britain, make for uncomfortable viewing. The sanitation one is pretty nasty. At the end of each film there is a chilling musical phrase, that pretty much sums up the 80s in a [...]
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Created by Charlie Brooker, this 3 part series from the UK is the best TV I’ve seen for a while. The opening programme to the series is a 44 minute long political thriller in which fictional Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a slight dilemma when a member of the Royal Family is kidnapped. For her [...]
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We know, we know, it wasn’t that long ago that we were besotted with Dorothy’s Film Map. But just look at this beauty of a classic biscuit rug from them. Love the description that comes with it too: ‘Nearly 1 out of 4 kids in the UK are obese. That’s a lot of biscuits being eaten.
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Museums Press is a wonderful, independent publishing house based in Glasgow. They print a variety of artsy books and zines pooling from talented creative types all over the world. The next time you find yourself in Scotland, be sure to pop into their store and gallery space, Good Press, and say hello.
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Brilliantly created by UK-based artist Alexander Korzer-Robinson, these beautiful collages of book carvings from old encyclopedias and rare books bring us into another world. All the images in the final artwork are from the original pages of the book. He goes through page by page to look for images and does not add in anything in. He turns books from being a tool to learn from the world into a means to gains insight about oneself.
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If you are slightly depressed that your life is not quite the stuff of great literature, wipe these tears away now. We’ve found this UK company that hawks personalised novels where you can rename story characters after you. No better time than now to stage your grand classic novel debut as Cheshire Cathy in the [...]
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Urban Explorers spend their time venturing to places where most would be either too scared or not stupid enough to try. Either way, there’s an undeniable draw to the photos and stories from these covert missions. 28 Days Later is a UK forum where you can read personal accounts and fill your boots on pictures from skyscrapers and crack dens.
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An artist and designer from London, Scott Eaton is known for combining both traditional and digital art techniques and is one of the pioneering artists in the emergence of digital art sculptures.
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From Dog Walkers to Butchers and Squash Players, there is always this subtle combination of leisure and raw commitment in Dave Imms’ projects. It’s all about ‘the things we do to get by’. Here we uncover the fragile nature of the human condition in these post-game portraits. These harsh, revealing images are strengthened by the dissection of the playing areana with the markings and the natural studio-esque appearance of the courts themselves.
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The Sketchbook Project collects thousands of artists’ sketchbooks from across the globe and exhibits them in cities all over the world. The crew just posted a sneak peek at some of the finished sketchbooks that have just arrived at Project HQ in Brooklyn.
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