Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Places’ Category
Blistering Round the Biennial
Sunday, October 28th, 2012It’s very easy when you live somewhere and something is on for several months to miss it. So today I treated the 2012 Liverpool Biennial like I would a visit to another city. In four and a bit hours I crammed in trips to the Walker Art Gallery, 28-32 Wood Street, The Bluecoat and the […]
Nik Kershaw at the Liverpool O2
Monday, September 24th, 2012Went to see Nik Kershaw my favourite 80s synth pop singer/songwriter perform at the O2 in Liverpool last Friday night. It was an intimate gig which was excellent fun with Nik supported by a full band including guitar, percussion, drums and keyboards. The audience seemed to really enjoy the whole thing. This wasn’t a crowd […]
Oded Hirsch’s The Lift at Liverpool Biennial 2012
Monday, September 24th, 2012I’ve passed Oded Hirsch’s The Lift (2012) a few times since the start of this years Biennial. Today I took a few quick shots of it in the rain (see gallery at the bottom of the page). It’s an interesting piece and is attracting a fair amount of attention since it appears in the middle […]
A Place to Call Home
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012I didn’t make it to see A Place to Call Home: Where We Live and Why when it was in London so I was pleased to discover that it had transferred to Liverpool. Even better within walking distance of the city centre at the Mann Island Exhibition space and taking about 30 minutes to go […]
Liverpool Downpour Gallery
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012A sudden dowpour caught me in the Mann Island exhibition space next to the Open Eye gallery at lunch time today. Here are a few of the better pictures I took of the rain and the aftermath on my phone’s camera.
Turner Monet Twomly: Later Paintings
Sunday, August 5th, 2012Turner Monet Twomly: Later Paintings at Tate Liverpool is an intriguing mix of the late works work of three artists born in three different centuries. The works are grouped thematically and each artist’s works are intermingled with each other. There are some fine pieces by all three artists and if (like me) you don’t […]
Serpentine Pavilion 2012
Sunday, July 15th, 2012I’ve posted a new page of pictures of the Serpentine Gallery 2012 from my recent trip to London.
Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style at the Barbican
Sunday, July 8th, 2012I went to the new Bond exhibition at the Barbican, Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style, last Friday. The exhibition is broken down across three physical areas of the Barbican and built up from thematic sections like gold, gadgets, casinos and travel. Each section is filled with a variety of props, costumes, concept […]
The Physicists at the Donmar
Thursday, July 5th, 2012My apologies this is one of those blog posts where I’ll do a bit of personal narrative before I get to the meat of the so called review which is in truth just my personal ramblings anyway. Chance can be a funny thing… while I’d planned out my days on a short trip to London […]
My Third Annual Design Awards Blog Post
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012I managed to make it to the design awards show at the Design Museum in London for 3rd year in a row. Really was a just in time visit as tomorrow is the last day. Sadly this year’s post won’t be illustrated as no photography was permitted at least according to one of the staff. […]