Art to Smile

Art to Smile

Art to Smile

One of my favourite artists is Martin Creed from the UK. I was attracted by his work in the London restaurant Sketch. ( I did a blog post about that place earlier.)

Martin Creed at sketch, London

Martin Creed and his work at Sketch, London

Creed is internationally acclaimed for working across a multitude of disciplines including installation, sculpture, music, dance and film. And he got famous when he won the turner price 2001. What I like so much about him is his playful approach towards art. For him ART is just a word – and by the way: he numbers his work consecutively. So each work has the same importance, wether he arranges artistically some balls lying around – or glues a sticky something to the wall. And there is always fun and humor in his work.

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Martin Creed, photobylalulula

Martin Creed, Work No. 960, photo by lalulula

Another eccentric work of Creed has been the runners at the Tate Gallery. Every 30 seconds some runners were sprinting through the rooms as if their life depended on it. As Creed said, he wanted to show an example of being alive as the opposite of death, being perfectly still. But first of all he wanted to create something funny, what made him smile.

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This perfectly corresponds to my way of experiencing and looking at art. Do you like this kind of art making you smile?

I´d love to hear from you in the comments!

xoxo Gabi

Mr. Right and Mrs. Perfect!

Mr. Right and Mrs. Perfect!

Mr. Right and Mrs. Perfect!

Mrs. Perfect lives near my place and I don´t know her personally.
Sometimes she passes me by on her bike with her children (she has four!) and she always keeps herself in this graceful upright position. She´s blond, very pretty and her clothes look always neat, clean and crisply pressed.A few days ago a friend of mine told me about that other lady in her gym, who she just calls „the perfect woman“.
And I knew at once: her „perfect woman“ is my Mrs. Perfect!
My friend additionally informed me about her perfect body and her flawless skin. Mrs. Perfect also seemes to live in happy marriage, be calm and patient with her children and enjoys cooking for 40 people!So we were sitting in awe, wondering, how can that be – how can she be so perfect? And why are we not!We actually considered being jealous…BTW, if you happen to be a man – I am sure you have a male counterpart to envy, don´t you?Because, how can you not be jealous in our world full of ideals and expectations?Somebody once gave me a helpful advice:Jealousy is just the universe asking you: Do you like what he or she´s got? Do you also want that?And if you say yes, I dooooo!!! Then take action and wish for it! Because there is enough abundance for each one of us – so if you want it, you can get it!

And here´s who I really envy (apart from Mrs. Perfect):

I´m jealous of the work of fabulous Erin M Riley!

This girl from Brooklyn New York is weaving the most extravagant tapestries!

Her motifs are amazing: she has done a series about her view of our nude selfie culture, or e.g. police investigation pictures… how edgy is that!

Erin is weaving in a traditional way and even dyes the wool herself.Apart from her amazing motifs I just love to get lost in those woolen pictures, to follow the woven threads and the changing gradient of colours.These kind of textile extravaganca always excites me and makes my heart pound.
All pictures by http://erinmriley.comThank you Erin! I´m jealous and praying for striking inspiration – to create something amazing like that!!I even consider learning to weave now….;)
Tea and Art

Tea and Art

Tea and Art

A lot of my finds I will show you in this blog I tracked down in exciting London (my favourite city)! If you happen to be there you really need to got to an extraordinary place in Conduit Street near Oxford Circus called SKETCH!

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Happy me at sketch

Happy me at sketch

Art by David Shrigley at Sketch

Art by David Shrigley at Sketch

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It´s a wonderful concept of restaurant with lots of rooms packed with fun and art, go there for teatime at 4 o´clock and enjoy a lovely afternoon tea for two! It is such an inspirational place to be!

You`ll love it!

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