Steampunk Sentinel GogglesA retrospective of some of the most realistic religious art to be produced in 17th century Spain, “The Sacred Made Real” presented at the National Gallery, is the result of 10 years of work giving art lovers the chance to see masterpieces rarely seen outside of Spain, including work by Velázquez and Zurbaran, as well as other artists involved in the Counter Reformation. Most pieces are still paraded through the streets of Spain during the Easter processions.
This is the first major exhibition to explore the relationship between sculpture and painting during the Spanish Golden Age, taking a closer look at the ways in which artists combined their skills to bring their religious subjects back to life with arrestingly real depictions designed to inspire feelings of awe and to make viewer feel the presence of Christ.
Dramatically lit against dark grey walls, the marvelous and often disturbing exhibition spares its audience nothing – gaping wounds, rivers of blood, severed heads, ruined flesh, Christ's tortures, excruciations and morbid miseries.
“Dead Christ”, Gregorio Fernandez, 1625-1630
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Tomorrow I am going to see “The Sacred Made Real”, a retrospective of the most realistic religious art to be produced in 17th century Spain, presented at the National Gallery.
It will be a remarkable chance to see masterpieces rarely seen outside of Spain, including work by Velázquez and Zurbaran as well as arrestingly real depictions such as Gregorio Fernandez 's "Dead Christ” only to quote one.
It will be a remarkable chance to see masterpieces rarely seen outside of Spain, including work by Velázquez and Zurbaran as well as arrestingly real depictions such as Gregorio Fernandez 's "Dead Christ” only to quote one.
“Dead Christ”, Gregorio Fernandez, 1625-1630
"Telling Tales" explores the recent trend for unique or limited edition pieces, inspired by the spirit of story-telling, that push the limits between art and design.
“Design art” are products that transcend the boundaries between function and art. Function is not of primary importance anymore, artistry in the details takes over whilst familiar domestic items are invested with strange properties.
In the first room, entitled “The Forest Glade”, subtle sounds of creaking forest incite the visitor to become attentive to the natural possibilities of beauty and danger.
“Design art” are products that transcend the boundaries between function and art. Function is not of primary importance anymore, artistry in the details takes over whilst familiar domestic items are invested with strange properties.
In the first room, entitled “The Forest Glade”, subtle sounds of creaking forest incite the visitor to become attentive to the natural possibilities of beauty and danger.
'Fig Leaf' armoire by Dutch designer Tord Boontje is at once a place to hang clothes and an artifact of insane beauty, with its 616 leaves enameled by hand.
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I love Regent's Park at this time of the year, with autumnal shades starting to shine and all the squirels trying to gather the very last nuts before the Winter like crazy!
Here are few of the sculptures taken during my lunch break :)
Louise Bourgeois, The Couple - 2003
Daughter of a devoted mother and an unfaithful father who openly took his children’s tutor for a mistress, Bourgeois’s works have always combined the innocence of childhood with the wisdom of age, using overt metaphor to challenge gender roles, sexuality, and what it means to be a woman. Couples are alternately reviled and revered as seen in “The Couple” swirling luminously above the ground, the largest in a series of hanging aluminium sculptures. 
Two intriguing free exhibitions are currently running at the Victoria & Albert Museum: “Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design” and “All the better to see you with, my dear’: Fairytales and Enchantments”
I am going to visit those two tomorrow evening during the late opening as “Telling Tales” finishes next week already...
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Here are a few backstage pictures, more can be seen here.
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Ah well, it does not matter, we still got a giant print of our picture as well as our £400 Nokia plus the chance to meet and work with an extraordinary photographer so we did not sulk for too long! ^^'
The phone went straight on Ebay as I can't really afford the monthly payments for all the gadgets although I'd love to have an interactive map at all times with me! That'll be probably the most I will ever get paid for half an hour work in life as well! :D
By the way I do not have a digital version of the picture so I had to take a picture of the very shiny print itself hence its funny look!
90% of the audience was composed of French people who crossed the Channel to see the very last performance but I did recognised of few Londoners and I was very happy to see the church totally filled up.
What an amazing location to perform for the last time, St Pancras Church was definitely made for them.
Martin, Rob,
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vampyresheep , morbidfrog and simonsatori
A new layout for the festival :)
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Hybrid Steam Cuffs
Rob fully equiped with a set of matching teaspoons ^-^'
Steampunk outfits competition, try to spot Paul...
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And last but but not least, Paul in yet another one of his incredible outfits!
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simonsatori and RobI got offered two tickets so I am taking
vampyresheep with me :)
morbidfrog , vampyresheep and me managed to keep it as belated birthday surprise for demondaz .We managed to go on so many rides that there was barely no time to take pictures!
I did manage to get a good little film of
vampyresheep , Rob, morbidfrog , Chloé and Emilie getting soaked on the Tidal Wave! :D Little clue, they'are all at the back! 
For those who have not heard of Folksy yet, it is the equivalent of Etsy for the UK. It's not as old so there is not as many tempting handcrafted treasures yet but it will come and I am there!
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"The first cut is the deepest and the division of seven", 2009
I would actually go even further by placing Larsson as a cross between Magritte and Beuys althought as far as I am aware Larsoon has yet to work with coyotes!
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vampyresheep and I went to the see "Walking in my mind" at the Hayward Gallery this evening just on time before the closure this weekend. The blurb said that the exhibition is "an expedition into the mysterious mental processes of creativity" and we were certainly not disappointed!"Walking in my mind" is a series of walk-through mindscape drawn from Freud's structural model of the psyche, id, ego and super-ego.
The ten artists in the show are creative about their own creating, each having made a psychic self-portrait in the form of a stroll-through installation.
The shoot took place in the medieval ruins of St Dunstan-in-the-East, a very special place in my heart and here are the very first pictures...
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