“Confront a corpse at least once” Bowie implored in Esquire in 2004,“the absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.” A decade later Bowie’s latest album The Next Day contains more than just one cadaver; indeed the album drips death like a bleeding beehive of blood, a honeycombed-catacomb of … Continue reading »
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The Next Day David Bowie Old School Paintbrush App
Bowie Matryoshka’s in my studio…. Continue reading »
The Cross and the Crescent
On the 8th of January, two profound and beautiful videos nobody expected were quietly uploaded to the internet. The first was Bowie’s first release in a decade, a poignant and reflective piece – a bridge between time and place, a man and his anima, the shadow and the sun. The news tore across the world. … Continue reading »
Circularity.
Photo by Jimmy King David Bowie released a new song yesterday and a couple of listens in i’m struck by the nostalgic quality the song evokes. This is not surprising. The song is a reflection of a life’s journey, imbued with wonder and wistfully underpinned by a deep intrinsic ‘knowing’ of the sustaining and essential … Continue reading »
“Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime” – Desmond Tutu
While making a Desmond Tutu Pop Art Mannequin for someone in New York I was reminded of a beautiful story that unfolded when he spoke in Brisbane with Dave Andrews, a social justice activist and friend, so so many years ago. At one point during the large public event in King George Square there had … Continue reading »
Inappropiate Kids Costumes : the Vintage Edition
Recently i was given a bunch of vintage photographs of my paternal ancestors, going back many generations from postwar Australia to Glasgow, Scotland. From stiff Victorian studio shots of great great grandparents in Freemason regalia to a scrappy bunch of depression era imps who would look more at home in a Dickens novel, this … Continue reading »
Bowie gets his Geek On
The world’s first academic symposium on David Bowie as pop cultural phenomenon rocked into Ireland last month with international professors and PhDs galore deconstructing Bowie’s prolific influence across music, fashion and the arts with just the perfect mix of sincerity and glam. Hosted by Doctors Devereux, Dillane and Power of University of Limerick’s Sociology Department, … Continue reading »
