A strange place to be...George's page: Lists

Custom List: Web links

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:20:17 GMT

Web links

Sylvie Guillem's website
My favourite ballerina...and the site with the world's most tricky navigation!
American Design Archives Online
A definite source of inspiration
The Guardian
Some virtual paper shuffling
The Art Newspaper
Good source of art news
Net Beacon by artists Thomson&Craighead
Ever wondered what people search for on search engines?...find out!
Industrial Facility designers
One of my favourites...paired down design at its best
Nice cup of tea and a sit down
My biscuit awareness resource
Philippe Stark
The French maestro hasn't lost his touch
You Thought We Wouldn't Notice blog
A great blog dealing with blatant plagiarism in the design field (thanks Sarah and sister ;-)
Barbican resource
A very good guide about the mixed decvelopment and utopian neverland the Barbican, in London, is.
Kaparte
Dark project spreading around South London
Design*Sponge Blog
Full of design news and interior decorating bits
Sarah Jenkins' Blog
Crazy links to You Tube and personal dramas

Custom List: Favourite films

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:01:12 GMT

Favourite films

Trois Couleurs
By Krzysztof Kieslowski
Some like it hot
By Billy Wilder
Me You And Everyone We Know
By Miranda July
La Reine Margot
By Patrice Chéreau
Bad Education
By Pedro Almodovar
The Piano
By Jane Campion
Amelie
By Jean-Pierre Jeunet Wonderul photography - wondeful fun!

Custom List: Favourite music

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:59:21 GMT

Favourite music

Gold - Beverley Knight
Her version at Somerset House is still firmly wedged in my head
The Hours - Philip Glass
An immersing experience of unequalled intensity
Ella Fitzgerald
Any track from the Songbook series
Glen Gould - Goldberg Variations (both vesions)
Both the 1955 and 1981 versions are giving a unique insight in this virtuoso classic and Gould himself
Tallis scholars - 40 part motet
A subtle and simply beautiful performance
Bachelorette - Bjork
The obligatory old favourite
Cocoon - Bjork
Who said progressive music can't be sexy?
Hyperballad - Bjork
An elegy of the everyday
Rachmaninov Piano concerto N3 - Martha Argerich
As always exemplary
Eleni Karaindrou - The weeping meadow
Eleni and her wonderful silences.
Confessions on a dance floor
Queen of the dancefloor? Most definately!
Birds - Bic Runga
The most reflective Bic album to date
Tullio Serafin / Maria Callas - Medea
A wonderul 1957 recording, gives us a glimpse of the complex artist Callas was, with true interpretive insight and unique instinct for characterisation

Book List: Book List

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:33:30 GMT

Ann Tempkin: Barnett Newman
A wonderful catalogue to a truly memorable exhibition.
Paul Moorhouse: Bridget Riley
A most beautiful documentation of an amazing exhibition. It's not Op art it's art from the heart and mind
Cindy Sherman: Cindy Sherman: The Complete Untitled Film Stills
A classic journey into her mysterious characters
Nicholas Serota (Editor): Donald Judd
A most amazing catalogue...worth having just for the amazing layouts! A must have!
Michel Guerrin: Exhibit A - Guy Bourdin
A fantastic book exploring the dark spaces of Bourdin's oeuvre
Charlotte Cotton + Shelly Verthime (eds): Guy Bourdin
If only all V&A catalogues were as beautiful!
Nancy Spector: Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle
A fantastic souverir from an extraordinary artistic adventure
Kieran Long: New London Interiors
A very interesting selection of new interior architecture in London.
Akiko Miki (ed): Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death
A self-indulgent and lavish book. Making a good point about Araki's provocative imagery and attitude to the nude. A distinctly Japanese prespective of the human body. Beautiful, repulsive,daring, self-regarding, complicated, heart felt.
Margit Rowell: Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life
A fascinating MoMA exhibition. And a sumptuous catalogue.
Philip Brookman + Vicente Todoli: Robert Frank: Storylines
A very effective catalogue that taps on the essence of Frank's work.
Tom Ford - 10 years
A fantastic book. Given to me by a fantastic person ;-)
Minoru Shimizu, Wolfgang Tillmans: Wolfgang Tillmans, Truth Study Center
Life - The universe - Men

Custom List: Favourite TV

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:31:41 GMT

Favourite TV

Desperate Housewives
The current season has a ropey start...thankfully it has improved!
Newsnight Review
A guilty pleasure! I should really get out more
BBC - The Culture Show
Shallow? Patronising? Dull?...sometimes all three!

Custom List: Exhibitions

Thu, 17 May 2007 12:21:27 GMT

Exhibitions

Cindy Sherman @ The Serpentine Gallery
Barnett Newman @ Tate Modern
Faces in the crowd @ The Whitechapel Art Gallery
Anish Kapoor retrospective @ The Hayward Gallery
Jackson Pollock @ The Tate Gallery
An once in a lifetime exhibition of Pollock's work. Stunning!
Helen Chadwick @ The Barbican Art Gallery
A wonderful exhibition making sense of her importance and assesing her legacy
Eva Hesse @ Tate Modern
A rare insight into the work of a most important artist
Bridget Riley @ Tate Britain
A most illuminating retrospective that opened my eyes to the possibilities of colour and manipulation of light
Dan Flavin at the Hayward
A very effective installation in the cavernous spaces of The Hayward, truly inspirational!
Nan Goldin @ The Whitechapel Art Gallery
A masterful display arranged by the photographer. The display of the films in the auditorium and the wonderful staging of The Ballad of Sexual Dependency were particular highlights