Young British Art
The Hut Project, ‘Conceptual Beard’, 2011 – Courtesy of the artists and Limoncello, London
Limoncello, 15a Cremer St, Hoxton, E2 8HD
Held in a tiny space, tucked away in the depths of Hoxton, this group show is curated by artist Ryan Gander and exhibits over 30 artists who live and work in the UK. All works chosen for this show hold no overall theme but are all monochromatic black and white pieces, driving the viewers attention from the macrocosm of similarities to the microcosms of their thematic and structural differences. Among the artists showing their work are Ed Cotterill, Alice Browne, Max Hymes and The Hut Project. Until 4 June. www.limoncellogallery.co.uk
13 May 2011
Catlin Art Prize
Sculpture by Leah Capaldi, Courtesy the artist, Catlin Prize and the gallery
The Tramshed, 32 Rivington Street, Old Street, EC2A 3LX
Celebrating fresh and exciting works by talented artists who have just graduated the Catlin Art Prize finds itself in its fifth year and at a new venue. The Tramshed will be showcasing works by notable alumni such as Sarah Lederman and Brigitte Williams alongside this year’s shortlist: Leah Capaldi, Darren Harvey-Regan, Juliette Losq and Noemie Goudal whose delicate and beautifully composed photographs are quite simply stunning, making her a favourite for prize whose winner will be announced on May 18 at the gallery. A real springboard for talent, this is an absolutely unmissable chance to catch the greats of our generation before they official become the ‘greats’. 19 – 22 May. www.thetramshedevent.co.uk
13 May 2011
Practice for Everyday Life
The young Russian artists exhibiting at Calvert22 have created works which, unlike their predecessors’, are able to respond free and unfettered to ideas on the contemporary art scene, without fear of reprimand or consequence. It is interesting to assess how far the artists challenge the dominant ‘status quo’ in their works, or conversely, whether their pieces perpetuate universalised ideas about ‘mass’ culture through presenting artworks, which fail to critique normative ideas about the form and content of ‘art’.
13 May 2011
Don’t trust the “Experts” – especially when you don’t know who they are
On the morning of Tuesday, 12 April in Newburgh, New York, a man called Jean Pierre was served with an order of protection barring him from “harassment, menacing [or] reckless endangerment” of his wife Lashanda Armstrong and their children. About 6PM he arrived at her flat and – according to a witness – shouted: “Open the fucking door.” Following an argument, he left at 7PM. Fifteen minutes later Lashanda Armstrong committed suicide by driving into the freezing Hudson River in New York with her four children in the car. The eldest, 10, escaped through a window; the other three died.
13 May 2011
Beat Connection - In The Water
One of the singles of the year so far – a blissful slice of summer, ahead of the Seattle balearic pop upstarts’ first UK tour.
May
13 – Brighton, Moshi Moshi Great Escape afterparty
18 – Leeds, Nation of Shopkeepers (w/ Niki & The Dove)
19 – London, Stag & Dagger
20 – Bristol, Start The Bus
21 – Liverpool Sound City
22 – Manchester, Deaf Institute (w/ Toro Y Moi)
23 – London, Old Blue Last
24 – London, White Heat
26 – Portsmouth, The Kraken Wakes
27 – Bournemouth, 60 Million Postcards
28 – Glasgow, Naive / Glasgow School of Art
13 May 2011
Big gorillas kill baby gorilla at London Zoo. Life seems pointless now
The Camden New Journal is breaking the worst news of the whole century. Their man @RichardOsley has more, if you can bear it.
13 May 2011
A possibly apocryphal story about the Tube (Part 2)
A friend was on a central line train going out to the East. It was late evening, not so busy that he had to breathe other people’s breath, nor so empty that everyone had a seat. A man got on, remarkable for his massive afro hair. This hair indeed proved his undoing. For when the doors closed, despite repeated warnings to mind them, he managed to get the top of his hair trapped between them. Try as he might, he could not move. After a brief struggle he accepted his fate, and with good humour assured his giggling but well-meaning co-passengers that he would wait until the next stop and free himself then. Alas at the next stop the doors opened on the other side. And at the next, and the next, and the next. There my friend asked the guy when he was getting off. “Two stops ago”, he said. Then my friend got off, because it was his stop.
13 May 2011
A possibly apocryphal story about the Tube (Part 1)
A friend was on a central line train coming in from the East. It was morning rush hour, hot and squashed. This friend of mine wasn’t feeling great, having had a few the night before, and his mood was further soured by his position. He was jammed in at the end of a carriage between a large corporate suit and a builder in a paint splodged smelly tracksuit. At least the window was open. So my friend shuts his eyes, turns up his iPod and thinks: “Only two more stops til Bank. Only two more. Nearly there. Only one more now. One more stop til Bank.” Then he opens his eyes and sees a guy in the adjacent carriage turn towards the connecting door, pull down the window on his side, vomit through the gap into my friend’s carriage and onto back of the corporate suit, then pull his window back up and turn away as if nothing unusual had occurred. And then my friend got off, because it was Bank.
13 May 2011
London agenda for Friday 13 May
1. Attempt to understand what FabricLive 57 Jackmaster Launch means [Le Cool]
2. Watch the alternative Eurovision at the Working Man’s [Run Riot]
3. Be reinvigorated with the spirit of house music at Scandalism with the 2 Bears [Flavorpill]
4. Go into spooky museums at night [Time Out]
5. Go behind the scenes at The Palladium [Ian Visits]
6. Pucker up and check out the first solo exhibition of UK artist Siân Hislop, Le Baiser’ [Lauren Down]
13 May 2011
Mountain Goats
25 May KoKo | 1A Camden High Street NW1 7JE
Veteran American songwriter, cult musical hero, former psychological nurse and lo-fi pioneer John Darnielle brings his long-running Mountain Goats to Koko this May 25th in support of his new long player “All Eternals Deck”. Praised as “America’s best non-hip hop lyricist” in the New Yorker, Darnielle is famous for his literary, introverted and sometimes revelatory lyrics, with each Mountain Goats song feeling like a collectable curio in itself. From loneliness, desperation and heartbreak to triumphal existential abandon, Mountain Goats runs the gamut of experiences and emotions – this show won’t disappoint.
12 May 2011
Snipe Highlights
Some popular articles from past years
- Diary of the shy Londoner
- Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
- The five best places in London to have an epiphany
- Summer Camp: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
- The best church names in London, and where they come from
- Could red kites be London's next big nature success story?
- Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
- An interview with Desiree Akhavan
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
- Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
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