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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Do not frighten Mr Market!
The DLR is loving the way the ‘markets’ has been turned into this pagan god, commanding fear, respect and the sacrifice of virgin daughters, by the now financial-services-savvy but still quite lazy media. It is portrayed as some kind of … Continue reading
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The merry gallery-go-round
Now that the dust has settled from Frieze and Fiac one can see the art market and its transactions clearly. Oh, wait, no, we can’t, everyone is still saying everything went great. This is like 2008 when everyone said everything … Continue reading
Posted in Art in and around Hackney
Tagged Annette Michelson, Artforum, David Noonan, Dexter Sinister, Fiac, Frieze, Greengrassi, Hannah Sawtell, ICA, Judith Hopf, Lis Rhodes, Lynda Benglis, Modern Art, Moyra Davey, October, Pablo Bronstein, Rosalind Krauss, Sadie Coles, Steve Claydon, Thomas Dane, Vilma Gold
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The long arm of the metaphor
Having realised that there’s no place like Dalston, a fact already appreciated by moustachioed hipsters, hooded rioters and burly Turks, Argentine artist Amalia Pica returns from the Americas to her chosen new home to sit down with the DLR. As … Continue reading
Posted in Art in and around Hackney
Tagged Amalia Pica, Chisenhale Gallery, Fischli & Weiss, Roberto Bolano
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Bring out your dead
Amazing! According to the New York Times, only one woman has died within the past two weeks: Nooo, we’re not seriously saying one has to follow gender quotas for the obituary section, and yessss we understand how obituaries work, but … Continue reading
Advertainment
The DLR acknowledges the pervasive effects of advertising and their commercialisation of public space. But sometimes, adverts are just plain good: witty, effective, thoughtful. And this particular example from Tunisia caught our eye: That is all.
The final countdown?
Der der derrrrr der. Der der DER DER der. Der der derrr der. Der der detti der der DEEEE. Dumble DEEEEEE. Dumble Dee Dee Dum Dee Deeee. Dum DEEEEE. Dumbley DEEEE. Even in written form, the immortal first bars of … Continue reading
A problem for Korea
There’s something rotten in the state of North Korea. It’s not often you get an idea of what’s really worrying Pyongyang. Mostly, the closest you get to the inner thoughts of North Korea is blustering rhetoric about the South Korean … Continue reading
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