Meanwhile #161
Some nice oblongs that have brought joy to my eyes this week.
Bit obsessed with the unconventional composition of The Thames at Hammersmith by David Murray Smith, 1930; the geometric forms of the industrial buildings, framing this massive empty space in the centre of the image. And the light! Just wonderful. Curious to know if this is an identifiable stretch of the river – probably converted into luxury apartments – or if it’s all been flattened.
Paintings by LA-based artist, illustrator and educator Steve Kim. This one in particular, from 2006, has been stuck in my head for ages.
Juno Calypso is a British photographer who takes self-portraits of her alter ego ‘Joyce’. Found this one on FEUTEU, but there’s loads more on her website. Great signature by the way.
Not sure who the designer is, but I’m loving the bold simplicity of this 1989 poster for Takeshi Kitano’s Violent Cop. No violence, no action, just an expressionless (yet menacing) portrait of Kitano. Visually it’s strong, but it’s the type that really impresses – contrast reversed, fully justified text, no massive gaps and presumably no jarring line breaks in the credits. That’s hard.
After creating the artwork for PJ Harvey’s last three studio albums, Michelle Henning talks to It’s Nice That on going a starker route for new LP I Inside the Old Year Dying. Looking forward to pushing this into my ears. The music. Not the stick.