Visual Arts: 'Gathering' at Fabrica
Upon entering Fabrica, an alternative art exhibition space in the heart of Brighton, I was initially overwhelmed by the vast scale of the building and its eerie atmosphere. As a…
Visual Arts: Gathering at Fabrica
Upon entering Fabrica, an alternative art exhibition space in the heart of Brighton, I was initially overwhelmed by the vast scale of the building and its eerie atmosphere. As a…
Calendar Boys
The product design students of Sussex have been busy putting together a themed nude calendar to raise money for their course. Each month features a timeless design icon strategically placed…
Riot in a Jam Jar
There’s a new Banksy in town…but this guy works in jam jars. Former KLF rocker turned artist James Cauty is up to his old, extreme tricks. ‘Riot in a Jam…
Dress for Excess: Regency Fashion
The breath-taking ‘pleasure palace’ of King George IV, the Royal Pavilion, is a sight that Brighton residents become accustomed to, but one step inside its door and the splendour within…
Yohji Yamamoto
Yohji Yamamoto’s retrospective at the V&A is the first major UK solo exhibition of this enigmatic designer, following a furore of recent interest in the influence of Japanese fashion, notably…
University Apparel
Few have the ability to be both avant-garde and commercially successful. Few manage this while simultaneously designing for four collections. And, even fewer have managed to preserve their integrity while…
Unspoken love in art
In a time where love between two men or two people of different classes was either illegal, punishable by death or the ruin of one’s standing in society, artists have…
Fifteen minutes of fame
Following on from what we actually judge as art, I mentioned briefly the dominance of the celebrity artist as a factor in how art is perceived by the public today.…
University apparel: 07.02.2011
Boys and girls, we have things to talk about. Things your mother probably told you long ago about dressing but you were too cool to listen, but things that are…
What is art?
What is art? To some, art is something seen in an exhibition, an established canonical work by Van Gogh for example, or the photography seen in published collections, to me,…
University apparel: 07.02.2011
Whether or not you care which pair of shoes you wear and what brand your t-shirt is, like our music, sports and career choices it’s a reflection of our personality.…
Last chance to see: Pioneering Painters
Pioneering Painters Until 23 January The Royal Academy Pioneering Painters is the first major exhibition in London for over 40 years to celebrate the achievements of the Glasgow Boys. As…
University Apparel: The Face of Brighton
Photo: Jim Holden The faces of Brighton and Hove have been crowned. One of the biggest model hunts in the South East has been back for a second year this…
Gauguin: I'd go again
Gauguin Until 16 January 2011 The Tate Reviewing the latest Gauguin exhibition presents an interesting dilemma: to illuminate the exhibition under the harsh spotlight of feminist and post-colonial discourses or…
Exhibition review: J.E. Abura
The exhibition of photographs from J. E. Abura’s life (Falmer Common Room) illustrates not only one man’s incredible journey but the coming together of cultures. Born in Uganda in c.…