The Great Wall of Vagina

Like it or loathe it, the widely talked about Great Wall of Vagina has arrived in the Capital.

From Essex vajazzles to One Born Every Minute, vaginas are everywhere. However, nowhere puts the female nether regions in the spotlight more so, than Jamie McCartney’s Great Wall of Vagina.  With 400 participants ranging from 18-76 years old, the artwork took 5 years to make, used ½ a tonne of plaster and has resulted in 9 metres of vaginas  (now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write!) The collection includes mothers, daughters, identical twins, and even a pre and post labiaplasty mold. The presentation of the artwork is far from being a pornographic pervert party; instead, it is a provocative response to cosmetic labial surgeries and encourages people to take a deeper look (pun intended) at what constitutes normality, by changing female body perception through art.

It's free, on at the Hay Hill Gallery and is here until 2nd June.

More than just your average sandwich!

In celebration of the recent 250th anniversary of the best invention EVER, I thought I'd share some sandwiches with you, that are literally a cut above the rest!  

 

In an effort to make his 4 year old son, Oscar, eat lunch, Mark Northeast revolutionised our views on our old favourite filling and 2 bread combo by producing mind blowing works of art from lunch foods.  From space rockets and giraffes to Harry Potter characters and musical instruments, Mark has expanded his 'Funky Lunch' repertoire and has launched workshops and instructional books to help others recreate his masterpieces.  The only thing is - they almost look too good to eat.

 These are some of my favourites but check out the 'Funky Lunch' website for even more amazing sarnies and don't be surprised if you're slightly disappointed by your lunches from this day forward!    In the word's of Masterchef - "Presentation doesn't get tougher than this."

One of Draco's finest jokes - 'What do you call Harry Potter when he eats a bacon sandwich?'

'Harry Trotter'!

Space on Earth!

Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at the Tate Modern looks right up my street!  With everything from the weird to the wonderful, the main attraction is her infinity mirror room (her largest to date) with hundreds of hanging changing colour LED lights – now do you see why I’m so excited about it?!  This is the closest most of us are ever going to get to experiencing floating in space.

The exhibition showcases the 82 year old’s astonishing array of media from painting, drawing, sculpture, film, performance and immersive installations.  In 1977, Kusama voluntarily checked herself into a psychiatric home where she has remained.  Since then, her work has been representative of psychiatric trauma and obsessive repetition (as seen through her infamous dots).  So while the infinity mirror room may seem astronomically beautiful, it’s conceptualisation has probably come from a much deeper and darker place than any of us care to venture. 

Regardless of this, I’m planning to check it out at the weekend.  If anyone’s been or is going, let me know what you think!

The Day the Factory Died

If you haven't had a chance to go yet, the Coldharbour's 'The Day the Factory Died' exhibition is ending this Sunday, 22nd January, so get down there quick!

The exhibition exposes never-before published photos by acclaimed fashion photographer Christophe Von Hohenberg, of Andy Warhol's memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1987.  Alongside these photos are copies of letters and readings from the service, as well as works by Warhol himself.

It's completely free, and I reckon it's worth a look though before it shuts!