Thursday, 28 December 2023

Happy Gas

Sorry for a slight delay today.  I took a last-minute flight to London last night.  It's been over three and a half years since I last visited London.  It feels like seeing an old friend again.  While still fighting my jet lag, I visited Tate Britain today to see Sarah Lucas's retrospective show Happy Gas:









Tuesday, 26 December 2023

Sunday, 24 December 2023

FROHE WEIHNACHTEN

May your days be sprinkled with happiness and fulfilment in the new year.  Best wishes to you and your loved ones this Christmas ...


Wednesday, 20 December 2023

Plumbraiser 4.06

The Plumb's annual auction Plumbraiser 4.0 continues on their Instagram platform with the final group, Group 6.  Auctioning will go until 20:00 EST tonight (01:00 GMT Thursday).  Here are my favourites ...

Shaheer Zazai's 1114.7:



Jean-Luc Lindsay's Bathroom Striker Plate:



Sukaina Kubba's T80.0040:


Monday, 18 December 2023

Plumbraiser 4.05

The Plumb's annual auction Plumbraiser 4.0 continues on their Instagram platform with Group 5.  Auctioning will go until 20:00 EST tonight (01:00 GMT Tuesday).  Here are my favourites ...

Paul Nadeau's Babiche Chair:



Ramolen Laruan's A History Of The World: Sunrise:



Pete Smith's English Breakfast:


Saturday, 16 December 2023

Plumbraiser 4.04

The Plumb's annual auction Plumbraiser 4.0 continues on their Instagram platform with Group 4.  Auctioning will go until 20:00 EST tonight (01:00 GMT Sunday).  Here are my picks ...

Zachari Logan's 49 Flowers #49:



Matthew Varey's For The Future:



Nour Bishouty's Yssabme:



Thursday, 14 December 2023

Plumbraiser 4.03

The Plumb's annual auction Plumbraiser 4.0 continues on their Instagram platform with Group 3.  Auctioning will go until 20:00 EST tonight (01:00 GMT Friday).  My personal favourites here ...

Howard Lonn's Italy:



Marvin Luvualu António's Untitled:



David Clarkson's Waves:



Sophia Oppel's Everything Must Go (2):


Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Plumbraiser 4.02

The Plumb's annual auction Plumbraiser 4.0 continues on their Instagram platform with Group 2.  Auctioning will go until 20:00 EST tonight (01:00 GMT Wednesday).  Here are my personal favourites ...

Stephen Andrews's Plumber:



Tristan Sauer's Untitled Weaving:



Julia Campisi's Expressions Of Something Trapped And Tighten Under The Surface:



Lucas Biagini's Pinkshell:


Sunday, 10 December 2023

Plumbraiser 4.01

It’s that time of the year again.  The Plumb's annual Instagram auction Plumbraiser 4.0 is now on.  Group 1 is open for bidding on their Instagram platform until 20:00 EST tonight (01:00 GMT Monday).  Some of the great works from this group ...

Nicole Ji Soo Kim's I Cling To Your Certain Embrace, And Ask Kindly For It To Linger, Drawing No. 8:



Jacob Robert Whibley's There Are No Soloists In A Fugue (1959-2013):



Tom Dean's Excerpt From My Broken Heart: Globe And Mail, March 8 1999:



David Poolman's PILE:


Saturday, 9 December 2023

Salihou vs Burtynsky

From the 20th anniversary exhibition NMG20 currently at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto ...

Moses Salihou's Homme (Portrait 2):


Edward Burtynsky's Tailing Ponds #1 Wesselton Diamond Mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa:


Thursday, 7 December 2023

Evans + Carl

From the 20th anniversary exhibition NMG20 currently at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto ...

Ric Evans's Cuprum Centrum (Redux):



James Carl's things end (#3 bronze):



Tuesday, 5 December 2023

No Place

Mara Korkola from the 20th anniversary exhibition NMG20 currently at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto ...

No Place 577:


No Place 575:


Sunday, 3 December 2023

City Of Brotherly Love

Neil Young's Philadelphia, from the movie of the same name, 1993:


Video from 4underpar4's youtube channel


Pause ...


Video from The Fowl Owl's youtube channel


Friday, 1 December 2023

Architecture Of The Plain

Panya Clark Espinal from her solo exhibition Architecture Of The Plain currently at MKG127, Toronto: