Nonsense Charts

Sexual faux visualizations by Chad Hager. Total opposite to the whole concept of 'infographics', communicating absolutely nothing!

:)

My work in the Holden Gallery.

I wish this was my library

Please

Delights

Topshop

Love the typeface, colours & print finish. Stylish & elegant.

Shillington College

Nice publication.

Mulberry Direct Mail

Mulberry booklets come through the post addressed to whoever lived here before me, it practically begged me to open it with the pink foil blocked type on the envelope. Some lovely art direction in here, I love the photography & layout.

Another one. This one has shiny metallic finished pages inside which compliment the vibrant photography amazingly. 

Ron Mueck @ Manchester Art Gallery

Ron Mueck creates hyper-real out-of-scale sculptures of people at their most intimate, isolated and vulnerable, they are amazing. 

Mask III

Spooning couple

Wild man

Some other pieces of his work I found online:

'The Long Dark' & 'Spoiled' @ Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University

We swung by Newcastle University and visited the Hatton Gallery. There were two exhibitions the first was curated by Michelle Cotton which took a text by John Ruskin 'The Nature of Gothic' as its starting point for an exploration of 'medievalism' in contemporary art. The work on display reminds me of foundation experimental work which doesn't really appeal to me with no clear meaning.

'The Long Dark'

I preferred 'Spoiled' which explored received ideas about women and femininity and the perpetuation of romantic stereotypical ideals through the language and tradition of *breath* ornaMENTal sculpture and figurines. 

'Spoiled'

This is my favourite piece from both exhibitions, created using mixed media. 

Damien Hirst 'Pharmacy' Exhibition @ Baltic in Newcastle

I have been in Newcastle this weekend for my best mate's birthday so in between celebrating her 22nd we decided to visit The Baltic to see Damien Hirst's Pharmacy exhibition. It's a weird coincidence that I've just completed a project based around the theme of 'resistance', where I specifically chose to explore the idea of resisting death and this exhibition also parodies the idea of cheating death. The installation was arranged around an Insect-o-cuter which, for Hirst represents the merciless god, killing without emotion and without distinction. His installation included rows of cabinets filled from top to bottom with prescription drugs, the work suggests that medicine, like art, provides a self belief system which can be seductive but deceptive. This exhibition is like a temple to modern medicine which is ironically centered around the insect zapper, it's to remind us of our societies unquestionable confidence in modern medicine and our reliance on medicines which is fundamentally centered on death. It was all very surreal seeing the display counters full of drugs arranged by their colour and shape, the brightness of the packaging distracts you from the small print on the side which highlights the side effects from the drugs and how this confidence in image works for the drug companies reminding us that it's not always what we see is what we get. It had a very clinical and somewhat authoritative atmosphere as you entered the room from behind the counter, it almost felt like I shouldn't of been there. It's weird to think I've never really thought about how there is effectively, a drug for every possible condition and how heavily we rely upon these to make us better.