sculptures – The Cultural Exposé http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk A blog from a lifestyle journo covering culture, food and style in London and beyond. Mon, 23 Jul 2018 21:50:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cropped-logo_2017-32x32.jpg sculptures – The Cultural Exposé http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk 32 32 Five Dope Tracks is a curation of dope music, five tracks at a time. Check out the monthly playlist each month on Spotify. sculptures – The Cultural Exposé clean episodic sculptures – The Cultural Exposé megerecooper@gmail.com megerecooper@gmail.com (sculptures – The Cultural Exposé) The Five Dope Tracks music podcast sculptures – The Cultural Exposé http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/five_dope_tracks_podcast_cover.jpg http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk What we’ve been up to (in Paris)… The Louvre http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/arts-culture/what-weve-been-up-to-in-paris-the-louvre/ http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/arts-culture/what-weve-been-up-to-in-paris-the-louvre/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:30:36 +0000 http://www.theculturalexpose.co.uk/?p=9819 Much love to everybody who sent me recommendations of things to do for this trip! As it was a quick one, I decided to go for the art and cultural biggies and make it my mission to see Mona at The Louvre, Jeff  Koon at The Centre Pompidou and learn more about impressionist art at the Musée […]

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]]> Much love to everybody who sent me recommendations of things to do for this trip! As it was a quick one, I decided to go for the art and cultural biggies and make it my mission to see Mona at The Louvre, Jeff  Koon at The Centre Pompidou and learn more about impressionist art at the Musée d’Orsay:

You could spend a week at The Louvre

The Louvre is one of the largest museum’s in the world and houses a breathtaking collection of classics that have to be seen in real life. To save time, I bought my €12 ticket in advance through the Fnac website (I picked them up from a local ticket outlet merely 10 minutes away from the museum), which ensured I could avoid waiting in the ridiculous queue when I arrived. Once inside, it felt like I’d walked into a mini-city: so I decided to do a little bit of the 90 minute Masterpieces Trail and whatever else I could come across. In two hours, I managed to marvel at a number of paintings and sculptures including the Venus de Milo, Mona Lisa, The Wedding Feast at Cana, Cupid and Psyche and The Winged Victory of Samothrace. I’ll definitely return to see more – and next time I’ll plan my trip to coincide with the first Sunday of the month, when entry to the Louvre is free! www.louvre.fr (nearest Metros: Louvre Rivoli and Palais Royal Musée du Louvre)

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]]> Working in a call centre can leave a plethora of scars. Nev’s Swansea call centre on the BBC may look like a chipper place but it barely hints at every other person’s experience of the cold calling life. Artist Emma Hart draws on her first hand experience of call centre humiliation and embarrassment and puts it to good use: as inspiration for her art work. This latest instalment from Hart consists of new sculptural works combining photography, video and ceramics. Dirty Looks attempts to alter the gallery space from contemplative order to the chaos of the real world. Foregoing the tradition of the gallery as an opportunity to make sense of the world, Hart positions the audience amongst the stress, nausea and chaos of the everyday lives they thought they had escaped from. Emma Hart Crudely made tongues protrude from furniture and other mundane objects, skilfully placed water coolers and office supplies are out of place and reminders

of our raw fractured lives. At its core, Hart’s work deals with the fundamentals of the lens. She employs sculptural techniques to challenge images and videos, injecting a different life into them. Sounds dominate the space, and escapes from ceramic infused imagery. Expect the unexpected. Hart has been on the art circuit for a few years now having shown at Cell Project Space, Stanley Picker Gallery and Modern Art Oxford. But, her most notable show was critically acclaimed TO DO at Matt’s Gallery in 2011. This new show is highly awaited and is sure to be a feast for the eyes… if a little trying for the stomach! (Words: Laura Thornley) On from 26 July 2013 – 29 September 2013. For more info visit: www.camdenartscentre.org/whats-on/view/hart

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