Sylvia Sleigh
Sad news today that Sylvia Sleigh passed away. My favourite portraits of hers were, no surprise, of the two all-female artist co-ops she was involved in, A.I.R. and SOHO 20. All that mid 70′s energy repped in oil! AIR Group Portrait, 1977 SoHo 20 Group Portrait (Diptych), 1974 I didn’t touch on Ari Up’s death [...]
We’ve all been to see McQueen
Of all the prominent fashion designers, McQueen was easily the most imbued with a sense of heavy, heavy magic. The whole Fall ’07 collection remains one of the best selections of fanciful notions I’ve ever seen. Oh for that gold Amazonian armour!
Things That Make Life Worth Living
A list from The New Musical Express 1982, by Rowland S. Howard who died today. Things That Make Life Worth Living Hypnosis, Caroline Jones (As an alcoholic and Morticia Adams), Night Of The Hunter (The book/the film. L.O.V.E. across the knuckles of Robert Mitchum/The Preacher), The Story of Love (Song (original) The Saints), Raymond Chandler, [...]