Creating titles for early James Bond films and Rolling Stones album sleeves, the graphic designer and film-maker Robert Brownjohn was responsible for many of the most memorable images of the 1960s. Famed for the simple execution of brilliant graphic ideas, Brownjohn captured the experimental spirit of the era by applying modernist visual theory to mainstream culture.
Archive for the ‘Exhibitions’ Category
Robert Brownjohn at Design Museum
Saturday, February 10th, 20071807 and Tate
Friday, February 2nd, 2007Two thousand and seven marks the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, but it is important to note that this did not mean the emancipation of slaves or the end of the institution. Slavery in the Caribbean and other British territories did not end until 1834. In practical terms the 1807 Act prohibited the transport of slaves in British ships, and gave the Royal Navy licence to stop and search the ships of other nations.
EXHIBITION at Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Leo Fitzmaurice
Sunday, January 28th, 2007Sometimes The Things You Touch Come True
Yorkshire Sculpture Park – Upper Space, Visitor Centre
31 March – 10 June 2007
The bombardment of information and the impact it has on our daily lives is the context for work by Liverpool based artist, Leo Fitzmaurice. In the past Fitzmaurice has worked with posters, flyers and commercial packaging; by removing, obscuring or subtly reworking everyday materials he creates intelligent and witty structures, sculptures and installations.
Graphic Design in the White Cube
Sunday, January 28th, 2007by Peter Biľak
Organizing graphic design exhibitions is always problematic: graphic design does not exist in a vacuum, and the walls of the exhibition space effectively isolate the work of design from the real world. Placing a book, a music album, or a poster in a gallery removes it from the cultural, commercial, and historical context without which the work cannot be understood. The entire raison dêtre of the work is lost as a side effect of losing the context of the work, and the result is…
Show me the Monet
Saturday, January 27th, 2007Damien Noonan looks at the top websites for exhibitions.
free your ideas
Friday, January 19th, 2007expand your possibilities at designertopia
Creative frustration: You like to design “outside the box” but when it comes to realising your designs they are forced back into the box.
Technology compromises your vision every time.
Until now.
designertopia. free your ideas.
EXHIBITION: Chiho Aoshima
Monday, January 15th, 2007BALTIC, Gateshead Quays – until 28th Jan 2007
In her first UK solo show Chiho Aoshima presents her intricate fantasy worlds of zombies and fairies, rainbows and tsunamis, urban landscapes and nature. From a confrontation with a gigantic wave of destruction to a journey through her imaginary world from the perspective of a worm, Aoshimas fantasy worlds suggest a multitude of possibilities for the visitor experience.
http://www.balticmill.com/whatsOn/present/ExhibitionDetail.php?exhibID=56
EXHIBITION: ‘Insyde’ by Airside
Sunday, January 14th, 2007Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
16 September 2006 – 25 February 2007
‘Insyde’ is an interactive installation by the people at Airside.
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/insyde/
EXHIBITION: The Annual Exhibition of David Hockney
Sunday, January 14th, 2007The Gascoigne Gallery Royal Parade, Harrogate
Etchings and lithographs from the prolific print maker, including images from America and Yorkshire.
http://www.thegascoignegallery.com/the_annual_exhibition_of_david_hockney.html
EXHIBITION – Arrivals and Departures: New Art Perspectives of Hong Kong
Sunday, January 14th, 2007urbis – Manchester
Arrivals and Departures is the first major exhibition on Hong Kong to take place in the UK, and marks the ten year anniversary of the citys ‘handover’ from Britain to China.