Life Art In Life
Art I love to look at: Russian mafia grave art....
Prisoner art..
you can see all, buy and find out more at Koestler Trust exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall here - at weekends female offender curators of the exhibition take guided tours - brilliant schemeand fairground art..
I love the silky airbrushed pseudo-realistic style of fairground art - makes it all the more exciting when you are there if they have the big colourful hordings everywhere. And I love the way they use celebrity to add to the smoke and mirrors effect of the fairground. Great people-watching too I always find.Labels: life art colour stuff
posted by rockmother at 11:07 pm
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Great post - and thanks for the link to the exhibition. I'll definitely be dropping by for a look.
The airbrush art reminds of 70s Californian custom cars/vans..
I'm a mild fan of mural art - There's a bizarre one City Corner Cafein Petticoat Lane, and the curry cafe Sweet and Spicy on brick Lane has one of Asian wrestlers in, well, snug-fit pants..
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Bigger version here just in case you fancy it for desktop wallpaper..and is that Fatboy Slim in the prison painting..
Trippy;-)
Check out Russian sausage art.
Thanks for the Koestler Trust art exhibition reminder. I've been to it a couple of times at Wormwood Scrubs and the ICA. It's always worth a look. Bought a batik once called Nova - of a twoc'd Vauxhall Nova. I like it. Though it's not universally popular in our living room.
And, if you're interested in prison art etc - check out www.artsaveslives.co.uk
(Nothing to do with me. Dean Stalham is the man.)
Fascinating.
I am sometimes sent art from a prisoner on death row - drawings of Donald Duck or hands in prayer on white handkerchiefs; moving and bewildering images.
Because my granddad used to work the rides at traveling fairs - I've always has a soft spot for fairground art, especially the way it comes alive with music and the smell of oil and cotton candy!
Scarlett The Heavenly Healer - welcome to Romoworld. You were my idol growing up! Thank you for your kind words and glad you liked the post.
Mr Mondo Bongo - yes - it's all great - cheers for the links they are fab
Momodarling - yeah - real life trip type stuff
Darling Dickley - yack a lacka! That is well..very sausagey
Blackwatertown - thanks for dropping by and glad you enjoyed the post. Yes - I'm going to try and catch the exhib before it finishes - I may buy!
Arabellakins - oh HELLOOOOO - so nice to hear from you. Fascinating re: death row art and yes - I know exactly what you mean about that heady mix of sugar and diesel! xx
Oh man! I love fairground art! I am all about this post, lady. I missed you!
HRH Firstness - I missed you too xxx
I propose a mashup of russian mafia prisoner fairground art!
Ivan - that is you isn't it? Yes - I couldn't agree more.
Thi9s is the most colorful graveyard I ever seen, I wonder why they cover their grave with this stuff
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