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Return to Roanoke - goodonyourwall interviews...
So we were just about to leave Roanoke, and make our way to Lille, France when we managed to secure an interview with our featured artist Scott ‘Toobz’ Noel.
So read on to find out what makes Toobz tick… GW: Tell us a bit about yourself, we understand you are completely self taught, did you not study at school or college?
TZ: Well I soon realised early in life that most...
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Next stop...
Arty days around the world #2 - We’re on our way to Lille, France. We’ll let you know when we have arrived safely.
Wish us bon voyage.
goodonyourwall x
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WatchPostcard from Roanoke - Arty days around the world #1
Our first stop in our travels around the world feature took us to Roanoke, Virgina, USA. Before we get on to our find, here are a couple of facts about Roanoke:
It’s home to the world’s biggest freestanding man made illuminated star
It has an amazing architectural salvage place called Black Dog Salvage. If you fancy a pair of...
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Film posters not Poles apart
The very cool independent movie magazine Little White Lies (thanks to @drtjam for this lead) is hosting an exhibition of specially commissioned illustrations of iconic films from the 70s, reimagined in the style of their own mag covers. Here are a couple of our favourites:
They’re all £45 giclees, printed on archival paper and hand embossed with LWlies logo. A good price we think. The...
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Arty days around the world
goodonyourwall has decided to travel the world - from the sofa - in search of prints and other creative coolness
In an occasional series we shall be using the rather fun geo-pick.com to select a random city and country and go exploring.
We will be looking for creative individuals to report on from wherever our travels take us. We’re not looking for big name artists with galleries and...
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Vorticism, Futurism and Darth Vader
The recently launched Vorticism show at the Tate Britain reminded me of my time studying Cubism and Futurism at school and college, both art movements I’ve always liked.
The Vorticists were a bunch of British painters working in the years leading up to the First World War. It was a kind of British alternative to Futurism.
Their head guy was a dapper young fellow named Wyndham Lewis. Look...
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The Future of Crufts - Brighton Grad Show Pick #2
More animals, I like artwork with animals.
My second pick from the Brighton grad show is graphic design graduate Mark Matcham’s series of prints The Future of Crufts.
Mark writes “This project looks at how the most popular breeds of dog may look at future Crufts shows after years of selective inbreeding, developing certain peculiar characteristics and showing how crazy dog...
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Brighton Uni Art Grad Show 2011
Friday evening me and Mrs B secured a babysitter at late notice so we were able to attend the launch of the graduate show at Brighton Uni.
It made me think back to my own degree show. I’ve been to grad shows since I graduatued, but it was the significance of it being ten years ago.
I remember us setting up our email accounts to put on ‘business cards’. No one really had them...
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