brighton - bath

my bestest firend in the whole widest world was in town so we took on a few day trips. first to brighton and then the lovely regency glory of bath.

royal pavillion, brighton

my fav from the brighton photo biennial

fun brighton street art
roman baths of bath

the royal crescent

shar hearts fleas

4 sydney place

bath bun

marques toliver at leighton house

best instand gratification: marques toliver at leighton house. found out about marques over the weekend and saw him last night at the gorgeously ornate leighton house. shar's a fan of musical performances in unique spaces. maybe that's why i love vincent moon, yours truly, la blogotheque and black cab sessions so.

marques was ever so sweet and earnest, as he performed new and old ditties to a captivated audience of 170. we even provided backing harmonies for "white sails".

he ain't no basia but can strum like catherine o'hara in "a mighty wind"

gooooooo giants!

9-0! whaaaaaa!?!??!!? best way to wake up today. leigh-anne and i couldn't pull what virtually was another all nighter, but here are pics from game 1 viewing the night before.

this is how much the brits care about the world series. this was on for a good 3 minutes. torture indeed.

san fran gals abroad

marques toliver

belated discovery: marques toliver. saw him perform on jools holland over the weekend and was blown away by the performance.

he has played with tv on the radio and bat for lashes. he has even gotten thumbs up from adele. why shar has snoozed on him is shameful. don't miss out on a truly unique talent against a platter of cookie cutter acts. some might compare him to andrew bird because they both are in the wacky violin arena, but his style almost is a post-modern baroque. london folk he is playing the lexington on 11 november.

p.s. don't miss his black cab session too.

congrats giants!

sorry belated, but congrats just the same!!! now need to figure where to watch the world series in london. wishing i were on king street celebrating.

kent

thanks to the arthur family for a lovely weekend in kent.

great expectations: restoration house, inspriration for miss havisham

the vines, rochester

canterbury cathedral

maidstone: walk at dusk

pints with the arthurs at ringlestone inn

darnley mausoleum in cobham park

robyn at shepard's bush empire

best decade belated show: robyn! shar loved swedish pop star turn dance queen since her early days in the late 90's. remember this. so when i heard she was coming to london, i bought me a pair of tickets. jenny was in tow and we danced the entire concert in the upper reserve seats. she started off with the quirky "fembots". she then barreled through most of the body talk trilogy:
love kills
hang with me
we dance to the beat
indestructible
dancing on my own
criminal intent
dancehall queen (where she grinded the floor)

robyn didn't leave out her oldies but goodies "with every heartbeat" and a interlude of "dancing queen" into "show me love", which had the entire audience singing along. i wish she had played my oldie fav "do you really want me (show respect)" and are newie “jag vet en dejlig rosa”. even though she didn't get to those shar gives the gig two thumbs up.

fltgc: james turrell at gagosian & little art book pop-up gallery

must early fltgc: it ain't friday, but i wish it were, so shar's a gallery crawlin'. i suppose i started yesterday, but i've had to make up for a lack of artsy goodness in general for the past months of lunches at my desk. first up, james turrell at the gagosian. it's a sensory exhibit of lighting that harks back to this fltgc and the works of dan flavin. (note to self: must go to dan flavin institute upon my return to ny)

next, the little art book pop-up gallery. from the sign below you will see that i didn't get in. was not a quick sandwich and i could see pretty much the art on display from the window. it's up until 23 october, so londoners get your prints before it closes shop.

nicholas pol at old dairy

slow burning next big thing: nicholas pol at old dairy presented by vladimir restoin roitfled. shar was interested in the proximity of the space to her current office (miss me some fltgc) and the fact that it was an old dairy. heck, i was won over by the fact that model turned art dealer vlad was the talk of london town over the frieze art fair week. his show sold out on opening night. i am not sure i'm entirely a fan of pol's works, but i must say it grew on me a bit. my first impression was "what kind of pretentious painting is this". the scale of the paintings in the the cavernous old dairy almost made it too up close and personal for me. (i was the only one there aside from a gallery assistant.)



i do think having the takeaway catalog helped. somehow it translated a bit better. reminded me a little of a cross between jackson pollack and rosson crow's chaotic compositions.

niners won!?!?!?!

belated celebration: niners 17, raiders 9. holy moly, we finally won a game. shar's been so out of it overseas that i just realized we won our first game of the season. what kind of faithful am i? sorry niners time difference really sucks, but congrats on your win. here's hoping for a wild card spot.

future can wait - blind by stardom

getting back to my art kick after quite a bit of a departure. thanks frienze for the push!


most innovative space: "the future can wait" at shoreditch town hall basement.

claire pestalle

hugh mendes

dan coombs, reminded me of hernan bas for some reason

oleg tolstay - very jabberwockiesqe, no?

belated discovery: stolenspace for word to mother's "blind by stardom". brp gave them a shout out so i made it out over the weekend.

shar wants

moniker international art fair

belated return to artsy goodness: shar's been neglecting her artsiness, so happy to have attended the moniker international art fair last night. one of the best fairs i've been to this year, but a bit bias as most of my artists showing were my favs. it's up until sunday, 17 october my london folk. i highly suggest you attend and it's FREE.

sf represent! - barry mcgee

hometown gal - polly morgan

my fav swoon
kaws
faile

mcgee bottle

steve powers

sold swoon

hometown boy - banksy