I liked this exhibition for this alone. “The only available budget was £550 to cover all print, production and expenses. The solution involved several trips to car boot sales, a roll of vinyl tape and a large tin of yellow paint.”
Duchamp's, enigmatic, sprawling masterpiece is explained here in fantastic detail. The animated version is sublime. This and all his other works are detailed.
When you think of Pop Art you think Warhol, The Factory, The “Velvets” and Celebrity. The Immaculate Heart Community and a bunch of nuns… get sort of overlooked. You might argue with the message but the execution is peerless. View the slideshow & buy the book!
Both his Heavy Metal Madness and Scanning Around series have been brilliant, humorous forays into the history of graphic design, typrography, photography and 20th Century culture.
Plywood, a moisture-proof, marine-grade, very low formaldehyde-content pine, certified by the European sustainable forest practices agreement, becomes a strong, almost abnormal complement…
I got one of these for my wife… she loves it. Not just because it's a handy bag but because it doubles as some sort of stress ball. She can also throw it at me when she looses the plot!