Monday, 26 October 2015

Monday 26th October: Jamie XX "Good Times / In Colour" Pop Up Shop







Everything about the campaign for this album has been a kaleidoscopic dream for me since first hearing it at the listening party, thru to receiving the coloured vinyl double gatefold.  I've photographed the spectrum stained window at Phonica, the painted shutter at Rough Trade West for Carnival and now visited the Shoreditch pop-up shop.  After last week's show at Brixton Academy, Young Turks took the tour's merch and a whole stack more of spectrum goodies to open a "Good Times" theme store.  All the original records that were sampled on the debut were put together to not only listen to but also buy................ spinning on the rainbow slip-mat turntable.  By day you could shop the shelves of t-shirts, caps, bags, stationary and by night attend parties streamed live on NTS with a revolving roster of friends inc. Sampha, Lil Silva, Benji B, One-man etc.  If you weren't able to make it down to the shop, head over to the site to scoop up the multicolour wonders such as this special edition Risograph print.


Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Tuesday 20th October: Ugo Rondinone at Sadie Coles









Final day to catch "Clouds + Mountains + Waterfalls" by Ugo Rondinone at Sadie Coles til 21st October
62 Kingly Street, London W1

Monday, 19 October 2015

Monday 19th October: "Running Naked" at TJ. Boulting















Icelandic, New York based artist Shoplifter has been in London for Frieze Art Fair week, taking part in a group show at nearby TJ.Boulting.  The "Running Naked" exhibition is a collaboration of 3 artist's individual styles morphing into a brand new body of work.  The trio of friends have come together in joint force for the first time, fusing the multicolour visions of AVAF (Assume Vivid Astro Focus), Cibelle Cavalli Bastos & Shoppy.   For example, AVAF's soft digital print "Vertigo Anxiety" has a Shoppy hair sculpture addition and sits ontop of Cibelle's oil cloth patchwork flooring.   The riot of colour on every surface is an equal equation of a spectrum sum in one complete cosmic outcome.  Obviously a dream for me to visit in this technicolour world and have the chance to see Shoppy brighten up our city with her joyous vibes, thanks to TJ. Boulting.

See archive posts on AVAF in NYC here, and Shoppy at Trolley here.