I killed my world and I killed my time.

I want to paint, but for the minute I don't feel I got any time for such pleasure.

I'm going to post some pictures from the painter Mark Ryden, which is just to fantastic to be true in my opinion.

Mark Ryden

(click link)

Sanjeev Shankar

Sanjeev Shankar held a lecture the 24th of march, The lecture was very inspiring and Sanjeev seems to be a wonderful person. I really liked his will and determination to keep the Indian cultural identity.

Shankar's motivation and engagement to work with the people who still have a "primitive" surroundings, still produce these traditional Indian footwear. Shankar travelled to these villages and lived with the people; together they produced shoes with inspiration taken from modern trainers mixed with the traditional kolhapuri slippers made with the non-powered traditional technique.

Shankar has a background in design, craft and architecture. He comes from Bombay India and his work deals with cultural differences and interacting with people, creating together with others that beholds a special traditional crafts knowledge mixed with his contemporary thinking creates very interesting objects. Also Shankar are working with the "common" people for example his project Jugaad in New Delhi where he worked with the local people to create something out of used cooking oil-tins. This is what the local people and Shankar achieved during his time in New Delhi;

You can find Sanjeev Shankar's work

here

Helen Beningson

I just found this amazing artist Helen Beningson. Her art is political, feminist and kitsch.

Here (klick for link)

Uni work.

I am neglecting this blogg. I have so much to do my head is going to explode soon. At the moment I'm writing a essay about glocal artists, "cultural diversity" and white dominant institutions. I have my last review tomorrow morning and I'm nervous. It is probably going to be ok. Also I'm volunteer working at the A foundation, though I can't be there as much as I would like to because of the uni work, which is more important this close to the end of the semester.

I'm sorry blogg and practice discourse I'm going to make a better effort from now on. I hope.

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Afro Modern

Hiya.

A few weeks ago I went to see the ongoing tate exhibition Afro Modern. I found the experice very giving, it is a very broad view of black culture from the early twentieth-century to today. The exhibition takes inspiration from Paul Gilroys influential book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness 1993. It features over 140 works by more than 60 artists.

"Gilroy used the term 'The Black Atlantic' to describe the transmission of black cultures around the Atlantic, and the instances of cultural hybridity, that occurred as a result of transatlantic slavery and its legacy. Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic reflects Gilroy's idea of the Atlantic Ocean as a 'continent in negative', offering a network connecting Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean and Europe. It traces both real and imagined routes taken across the Atlantic, and highlights artistic links and dialogues from the early twentieth-century to today." - Tate

I couldn't have written it any different myself, maybe less informative. Anywho it was a very good exhibition, I was very happy to see a painting of one of my favourite modern artists Jean-Michel Basquiat. Well I think everyone that haven't been to see it should go before it ends.

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Ian Whittlesea

Ian Whittlesea is holding our wednesday visiting lecture and I have been looking him up in advance. I have been looking at various works of his and finding him quite interesting, though I feel the same as with Adam Chodzko that I can't really get a grip around Whittlesea's work.

Whittlesea's Judo project is interesting he has translated the book 'Le fonduments du Judo' by french artist Yves Klien. No one has ever translated this book into English before, also while doing this Whittlesea worked to get a black belt in Judo as well, this took him 5 years to do. Whittlesea is a member of Europe's oldest Judo club the budokwai in London.

Whittlesea is working alot with typography in different kind of ways, as I have seen from one of his exhibitions that leaflets with a text taken of of it's original context forms a relation on it's own. These sentences are from text's other artists has written.

here

Hello

Hi, At the moment I'm trying to research Steven Connor, last weeks wednesday lecture which I couldn't attend. I'm waiting to borrow my friends dictaphone to listen to the lecture so hang on tight, soon I can properly write about Steven Connor. What I have heard about the lecture was that he is a very funny character.

I am also writing my Bluecoat gallery proposal (one person or a group of people in fine art lvl2 will be picked to have an exhibition at the bluecoat in may), I finding it quite hard to get started. I feel that my current project might not be as relevant to the theme of the exhibition wich should be reflecting the changing nature of artists studios and practices. I will do my best. I'm also planning to apply for volunteer work at the bluecoat when my work isn't stressing me out so much. everything is piling up as we get closer to the assesments. (I am once agian angry at myself and my relaxed view of what needs to be done and my time optimism)

Have a wonderful day.