tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84547392478311675972024-03-13T12:38:02.868+00:00I was literally on my way.......A stroll around LondonI was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.comBlogger486125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-28470533122098547002023-03-14T10:04:00.003+00:002023-03-14T10:09:28.425+00:00'Antelope' Trafalgar Square<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The fourteenth commision in the Fourth Plinth Programme in Trafalgar Square is 'Antelope' by Samson Kambalu. It features Baptist preacher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chilembwe">John Chilembwe</a> (1891 - 1915) and missionary John Chorley in 1914, Nyasaland now Malawi. Chilembwe is wearing a hat in defiance of colonial rule that forbade Africans from wearing hats in front of white people.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhob2wn74R7tCznHWU4IUjcvjT_HiP5Zsrsm_i1t_ktR-x4Q52BzLFqnLOEAgYYNkPPs4U_HNXbQnO0llGQFGicsfMufdgI35mVE8_grjPlaIrVEcRyuW88kSmHVZAkx7ShpsgVxEyfLGqQo9w7wPZJFPNUFQRFJjK8-GByC8kwQU6BPupbb76SJh1BkA/s1459/Ant%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="1459" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhob2wn74R7tCznHWU4IUjcvjT_HiP5Zsrsm_i1t_ktR-x4Q52BzLFqnLOEAgYYNkPPs4U_HNXbQnO0llGQFGicsfMufdgI35mVE8_grjPlaIrVEcRyuW88kSmHVZAkx7ShpsgVxEyfLGqQo9w7wPZJFPNUFQRFJjK8-GByC8kwQU6BPupbb76SJh1BkA/w520-h520/Ant%202.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKz5sKyina_1fXuv0wfgHud9qEz7lJq3kuc6EEjg1t1kcVkyddlbEDuhgLZycr0Vt5UqlPo6NZpkHe6GmELmoI1iVAcLTnxgq_zDbNc1tlJlX1QJrhBl4c_tTCosurefQPPaOZTSdXG4kah0Mroq-QciYO3GTTvNVFyat83uWyXP_pJn0fYvkbU_HPwg/s4032/Ant%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKz5sKyina_1fXuv0wfgHud9qEz7lJq3kuc6EEjg1t1kcVkyddlbEDuhgLZycr0Vt5UqlPo6NZpkHe6GmELmoI1iVAcLTnxgq_zDbNc1tlJlX1QJrhBl4c_tTCosurefQPPaOZTSdXG4kah0Mroq-QciYO3GTTvNVFyat83uWyXP_pJn0fYvkbU_HPwg/w455-h606/Ant%204.jpg" width="455" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYQb0W0LM3-y7d6rQaNc1b7OGBH2TcelXtoJG-uyTnqrZ94WmXriJQqfsrMHkJo7Ce-pwvnoA3SDyEc-iIbEdWKV5YsO34obHsoCZsnt8I5ek3p_DcaxqjEPipJk39lP1ZER1Yz2uedUmGnrGzeHDkjr9bF95nDrJ-7RL0YjEk1ZcB2VjcJiu7i_G0g/s2521/IMG_1363%5B44979%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2303" data-original-width="2521" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYQb0W0LM3-y7d6rQaNc1b7OGBH2TcelXtoJG-uyTnqrZ94WmXriJQqfsrMHkJo7Ce-pwvnoA3SDyEc-iIbEdWKV5YsO34obHsoCZsnt8I5ek3p_DcaxqjEPipJk39lP1ZER1Yz2uedUmGnrGzeHDkjr9bF95nDrJ-7RL0YjEk1ZcB2VjcJiu7i_G0g/w473-h432/IMG_1363%5B44979%5D.jpg" width="473" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>I was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-31523526870137359182017-06-23T18:04:00.000+01:002017-06-23T18:04:39.087+01:00London<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-40528061615178892612017-04-27T16:46:00.001+01:002017-04-27T16:46:38.245+01:00Ashley Bickerton - Omamental Hysteria at the Newport Street Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-79816326108986356922017-02-18T13:49:00.000+00:002017-02-18T13:49:42.585+00:00Ronnie Scott's, Soho
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<br />I was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-83576417920605637632016-10-26T17:25:00.000+01:002016-10-26T17:25:02.155+01:00Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/188330319" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />
<br />I was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-12920831480779147162016-10-16T17:17:00.001+01:002016-10-16T17:17:14.167+01:00A Cockneymentary<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/116362065" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />
<br />I was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-28560147465915300812016-09-21T19:53:00.002+01:002016-09-21T19:53:32.827+01:00The Wild West.....end<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The White Cube Gallery in Bermondsey is currently showing
a terrific exhibition by Raqib Shaw. The work references old masters
from collections at the National Gallery, London and Prado Museum in Madrid and
feature self-portraits and the artist’s studio in Peckham. This being a Peckham
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The work is highly detailed using porcupine quills to
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<br />I was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-15923558261207842252016-06-11T12:14:00.001+01:002016-06-11T12:14:59.485+01:00Forza Italia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>I was literally on my wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00594311342471228897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8454739247831167597.post-64345551347648096642016-06-07T20:10:00.001+01:002016-06-07T20:10:57.087+01:00Yayoi Kusama at the Victoria Miro Gallery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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only can you look at the art but with the giant polished stainless steel ‘Balloon Monkey’ you can look at yourself
looking at the art. Jeff Koons is always good value but with this “large, loud
and explicit” exhibition he certainly pushes the boundaries of sauciness with
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This is what the Ballroom at the Festival Hall was
designed for. Dancing. Dancing the tango
to be more precise. This was billed as
an ‘Argentinian Tango Social Dance’. It had a few live musicians but the music
mainly came from a lap top. It inspired hundreds, literally hundreds, of people
to start dancing. Husbands and wives, husbands with other men’s wives and young
children standing on Dad’s shoe laces in order to keep in step. Women dressed
as femme fatale’s, men dressed in t-shirts and jeans. Some leading, some following.
The bold, intertwined legs with their partners before sliding into the next
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Some could really tango. Dressed to kill, like a scene
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