The career of Penny Slinger, intrepid surrealist artist of the 1970s, is ripe for rediscovery
Penny in frame from 16mm film Lilford Hall, 1969, by Penny Slinger and Peter Whitehead My reaction upon recently being exposed to the work of…
Art Archives: 08/2018
Captain Beefheart rips your head clean off in this ’74 TV concert with the ‘Tragic Band’
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, June 1974 (via WalesOnline) Don Van Vliet was capable of vocal ferocity. He commanded extremes of volume and timbre…
Ultimate mind death by strobe: the video art classic ‘Noisefields’
‘Noisefields’ exhibited at the National Gallery of Iceland, 2016 (via Tique) Back in the nineties, before the internet was merely a platform for sharing hate…
Slumscapes: Post-apocalyptic paintings of a devastated Disneyland
Looking at Jeff Gillette’s post-apocalyptic paintings of shanty towns and garbage strewn slums juxtaposed with a ruined and decrepit Disneyland kinda makes you think he…