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PURE NICENESS: THE ART OF JAH MEK YAH DANCEHALL
Welcome to Miss Lily’s first published release, Jamaican Dancehall Signs From The Collection of Maxine Walters. This wicked looking book spotlights the vibrant hand-painted signs that can be found all over the island promoting that week’s bass-ical dancehall sessions or … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bashment, Dancehall, hand painted signs, Jamaica, Maxine Walter, Miss Lily's, NYC, Reggae, Roots
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COLLABORATION ACROSS THE REGGAE NATION…. Lively Up meets Bob Marley and Word Sound & Power: Reggae Changed My Life
Lively Up, celebrates Jamaica50! It consists of several ambitious projects set to tour the UK – two of which are dedicated to the music of The Wailers and innovative saxophonist Joe Harriott. Lively Up is the brainchild of Gary & … Continue reading
MY ROCK STARS VOL. 1 – Hassan Hajjaj in Bahrain
Last Wednesday saw the opening for my good friend Hassan Hajjaj’s latest images – My Rock Stars Vol. 1 – at The Third Line in Bahrain. This time round Hassan’s lens pays tribute to tradition African portraiture of photographers like … Continue reading
STILL STANDING: Anthony G at the White Cube
Drifting through Hoxton Square on my way to the printers I noticed that the White Cube had a show of works by Anthony Gormley. It was an enticing offer I couldn’t refuse. I’m definitely a fan and as I entered … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Constructivis, Cubism, Hatward Gallery, Hoxton, sculptor, sculpture. pixellation, White Cube
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MIND BODY & SPIRIT…. THE PARALYMPIC LEGACY!
Having been marooned in the city for the bulk of the summer, I have to say that the Olympics and the Paralympics saved the day. As Swifty and myself were busy installing at the British Music Experience in the North … Continue reading
TOKIO AOYAMA: VISIONS Of A PSYCHEDELIC SOUL
In August – 23rd to 29th – Darren Springer’s Ancient Future organisation joins forces with the Hoxton Gallery to showcase the paintings from Tokio Aoyama which mix the myth, music, spirit and the essence of nature into one palette of … Continue reading
Olympics 2012… takes me back…. way back… to discover a working class woman, welder and Olympian
It’s a muggy, grey day in London town and life has somehow returned to normal. Having worked full-on for 4 weeks on the Word Sound & Power: Reggae Changed My Life exhibition – including a week in the O2 – … Continue reading
IN THE SPIRIT OF ALICE COLTRANE: Ansuman Biswas – A modern day master of the interdiscipllinary arts
This Thursday’s re-envisioning of John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’ will further the expansive, global innovations of his loving wife Alice Coltrane . Pianist, harpist and band leader, Alice Coltrane’s Sanskrit name was Turiyasangitananda. She was devoted to the practices of … Continue reading
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