I’ve not been so excited about the design of an exhibition since the 176 gallery’s ‘Past-Forward’ show fully possessed the Kentish Town Memorial Chapel it now calls home – it’s something about site specific expression in spaces that weren’t meant for art.
In an era of relentless gentrification on Bankside ‘Peace is Tough’, this sort-of retrospective of Jamie Reid’s graphic work, until November 20th, defies that trend in its occupation of the bear pit (last know location of bear bating in the UK and reputed former home of notorious murderer Ruth Ellis).
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Our latest article can be found in the current edition of Elephant
‘The Elephant in the room’
http://www.elephantmag.com/magazine/8
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Google ‘radical’ and ‘conservative’ and you will see how radical the present government intends to be. Not a precise, or indeed radical indicator of the current political mood but, none the less, a useful barometer of the cold winds of radical cutbacks Tory ministers clamour to deliver upon a still slightly bemused public.
One such radical, David Willetts, (two Ls, two Ts and one brain) has moved from the shadows of opposition to a fully grown-up Universities Minister in the present coalition government.
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