The David Hockney retrospective exhibition at Tate Britain is said to be his most comprehensive yet, showing how the roots of each new direction lay in the work that came before. More than 250 works – paintings, drawings, prints, photography, and even video – from across six decades come together as Hockney heads towards his 80th birthday. […]
In a bid to reignite my creative mojo, I’m currently reading The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. I mentioned one of the book’s main tools in my last post, but the other concept is The Artist Date, which I’m yet to get rolling with. The Artist Date is basically a weekly block of time: “…especially […]
We’ve all done a birrova biro doodle whilst on the phone at work. Some of us were even lucky enough to own a Spirograph toy in our yoof, and became the creator of… squiggly circles. Shit loads of ’em. In different colours. Some of us may even draw words on our hands, a la Coldplay’s […]
I really like this video short from Tate London featuring legendary fashion designer (and style icon of mine) Vivienne Westwood, talking about two paintings which capture her own vision of London. In the film, Dame Viv discusses the works of the artists Frank Auerbach and JM Whistler who were both inspired by London Town and […]
What with the Tate Modern opening the first major survey of Damien Hirst’s collection of work for over twenty years, we at Le Blow pay homage to the Prince of Darkness himself with seven reasons why we bloody love him… 1) He was a fitty back in the day YES THIS IS A LEGITIMATE REASON. Pre […]
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