Tag: art
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The crying game of aspirations
Sitting on one of the benches outside near the RWA, while eating my £3.95 chorizo, goat’s cheese and rosary goat’s cheese baguette, from Papadeli cafe, I have the song Crying Game running through my head. It’s not playing because of the vandalised art work which is one third still standing, wrapped in bubble wrap, and […]
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I thought I was the audience…
… and then I looked at you. by Ruth Claxton The exhibition took place at a gallery at the University of Essex in 2005. A room full of small figurines all around the shelves on the edges. From the centre of the room, the dolls would be all staring at the audience if their eyes […]
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Stokes Croft Streetfest
The urban cultural area of Bristol, better known for graffiti and Tesco protests, is set to become even livelier next week. A few days ago, a friend from Cheltenham asked if I was going and at that point I hadn’t even heard of it. The flyers are starting to appear around Bristol however or it […]
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Bristol Temple Meads, the site of the Affordable Art Fair
Bristol Temple Meads, originally uploaded by still awake. Leaflets for the Affordable Art Fair are distributed at the front of Bristol Temple Meads in the days leading up to the new exhibition at the Passenger Shed. There are also some on display at the Starbucks on Temple Quay and there is much promotion in the […]
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Bordeaux Quay & Manos: lunch, coffee and art
Saturday lunchtime and we’ve just had lunch at Bordeaux Quay. I had the fish pie and was warned that it would take 20 minutes to arrive, it took just under that amount of time. The fish content was a selection of the daily catch including cod, salmon and grey mullet in a creamy sauce and […]