With the work rapidly continuing on the new GSA Design building by architect Steven Holl, it is a pleasure to walk from the area around the Master of Fine Art …
Continue reading “City Walking – Glasgow School of Art Degree Show and MFA 2013”
With the work rapidly continuing on the new GSA Design building by architect Steven Holl, it is a pleasure to walk from the area around the Master of Fine Art …
Continue reading “City Walking – Glasgow School of Art Degree Show and MFA 2013”
The tongue and cheek, playful search and questioning of meaning in life and art was a major theme in the development of art in the 20th century, accompanied by a …
Continue reading “Circling Connections: Peter Fischli / David Weiss and Alexander Calder”
Day Cafe Tabacco – thankfully passing by this one. Heading towards Chiba Ken. Making some marks, looking out above rooftops, past a few scrapers and Honmonji Koen… Smiley Daikokuten god …
Continue reading “Night and Day Wanderin’ in Tokyo – some collected images”
From the quirky dishes of the lively Izakayas in the East side of Tokyo to Toyama’s famous salty Black Ramen and fish for sushi and sashimi from the rough seas …
Continue reading “Tokyo and Toyama Washoku (Japanese Food) Excerpts”
A few days after a friend kindly let me know about this exhibition (and giving me a ticket!) I headed to Yurakucho and over to Hibiya Koen on a chilly …
The towering Niou guardians upon entering the thousand year old Myoujoji Temple (Nichiren Shu), on the West side of Noto. Sacred rocks and shinto shrine, brief stop on the road …
Continue reading “Trip to Noto Hanto peninsula, Ishikawa Ken”
During my show in Omotesando I was delighted to see David Lynch had an exhibtion on at the Laforet Department Store’s Gallery, just down the road at the Harajuku crossing. …
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Enjoying some simple cooking in the last month or so with classic Japanese sauces – the black bream worked out really well baked in foil in a hot oven with …
In my spare time in the last weeks I’ve enjoyed watching a lot of open skies and cloudscapes above the distant hills, plus the visual spectacle and ritual Ozumo September …
A few days ago, on the Midnight Film Festival website, which is connected to Kineattic – a Japanese organisation dedicated to promoting independent cinema – I watched the classic french …
Continue reading “Spirit and visual freedom in Jean Vigo’s ‘L’Atalante’”