Archive for February, 2012

20 February 2012

Books on my sidetable

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  • Timothy Brooks’s Vermeer’s hat – A Christmas gift. I have started it, but I find it a bit…random, as these kind of books often are. I’m not sure I’ll ever managed to finish it. But I will try.
  • Hertha Muller’s The Appointment – The bleak -but beautiful written – tale about the everyday life of a woman In Romania, during the regime of Ceausescu. A heavy read indeed.
  • Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit – I’ve heard so much about it, it was time to read it. Interesting, but I have already  developed  my own Creative Habit, so nothing new.
  • The Art of the Renaissance – To refresh some knowledge.
  • Peter Carey’s Parrot and Olivier in America – I’ve read a few of Carey’s books and enjoyed them very much. I have started this one, but then stopped. I keep it on the side as a reminder.
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5 February 2012

The tomb of the unknown craftsman

The first exhibition I visited this year has been Grayson Perry’s The tomb of the unknown craftsman, at The British Museum. It was a great way to start the year, and I am looking forward to more inspiring exhibitions.

It consists of a selection of Perry’s work, alongside artwork from the British Museum collection, chosen by Perry himself to explores different “themes connected with the notions of craftsmanship and sacred journeys”.*

It is a celebration of the physical act of making art and of the created object, it is a celebration of ideas and materials, and above all, a celebration of the artist as a craftsperson.

I have found it incredibly touching and inspiring. I strongly recommend it to anyone who appreciate arts, crafts and history.

It is still on, till the 26th of February.

Grayson Perry at the British Museum

Grayson Perry at the British Museum

Grayson Perry at the British Museum

 

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*extract from the exhibition catalogue.