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The first three pages I drew in Berlin, but while I was there I spent most of my time soaking up the history and culture and enjoying walking around and visiting museums and galleries. I took photos to document everything… Continue Reading →
When I went to London as a kid my mum would always take us to the National Gallery, a very different gallery from the Alte Nationale. I found the Alte Nationale surprisingly progressive for ‘old art’, and not religious at… Continue Reading →
Opposite the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg there was an exhibition at Museum Berggruen, contrasting Pablo Picasso and Thomas Scheibitz’s work. I was not really a fan of Scheibitz’s work, finding it lacking in context and meaning, with too much focus on aesthetics…. Continue Reading →
In February while in Berlin I visited the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, an art museum focused on Surrealism located opposite the Charlottenburg Palace. All works in the gallery are “either directly related to the Surrealist movement or can be considered precursors of… Continue Reading →
The East Side Gallery is. the largest stretch of the Berlin Wall still standing, stretching 1.3km. It was painted by 118 International Artists in an organised Project in 1990 after the fall of the wall. The East Side Gallery was… Continue Reading →
I took around 1000 pictures in Berlin, in this post are the highlights from everywhere except galleries. The first place we went was the Tränenpalast – Palace of Tears, the building constructed in 1962 when the Berlin wall went up…. Continue Reading →
During the 1930s, Dora Maar’s photomontages became celebrated icons of surrealism, which of course made this exhibition very fascinating to me. I walked in not really knowing much about her apart from my memory of a quick google search I’d… Continue Reading →
Kara Walker’s Fons Americanus Walking into the Tate Modern and seeing a huge working fountain was incredible. I spent some time just sitting next to it and drawing. I absolutely love it, the shapes created by the clay mould the… Continue Reading →
I love medieval manuscripts, specifically the strange surreal characters and creatures drawn so carefully in the boarders. They always have strange faces and it could be cool to somehow turn them into caricatures – an idea for collaging first! I… Continue Reading →
We were set the task of creating a vinegar valentine for a public figure. I don’t really hate any public figures, and try to avoid focusing on the negative, so decided to steer away from politics and choose someone funny…. Continue Reading →