Category Archives: art

Ian Hamilton Finlay: Acrobats

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Charles Lambert

This poem comes from a fascinating interview with Finlay in Jacket, conducted in 2001 by Nagy Rashwan. It covers the whole of the poet’s career (and clashes with authority), includes images of several other works and provides references if anyone … Continue reading →

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Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925-2006

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Charles Lambert

An interesting article about Ian Hamilton Finlay in today’s Guardian. I’m not sure if his first — and, I think, only — collection of traditional, as opposed to concrete, poems is still available, but I thought it might be nice … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Christ gets licked

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Tasteful? Well, obviously not. Bannable? Apparently, yes. This statue of a hanging man made entirely out of chocolate and drawing on a familiar religious icon for its inspiration has attracted the ire of something called the Catholic League, a non-elected … Continue reading →

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Cat with mug

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Charles Lambert

The other post may have shown the mug in all its beauty, but the cat lost out. Now it’s looking at you. Kid.

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Mug with cat

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Vanessa Gebbie has recently posted some very attractive photos of her new mug. Never knowingly outdone, I photographed one of my own favourite mugs, sadly handleless and relegated to the humbler role of pen-holder. Beside it is a small wooden … Continue reading →

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Time and money

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Charles Lambert

I have Tom Raworth to thank for leading me to this as well, by Ed Dorn: Beau Coup For the capitalist, time is money(he bets by the hour, lately by the minute)For the artist money is time For more by … Continue reading →

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Art-lovers near Chard…

Posted on March 3, 2007 by Charles Lambert

…should make an effort to see this exhibition, by Paola Casalino, a friend and a gentlewoman. It’s at The Gallery at Hooked on Books, 6a Holyrood Street, Chard TA20 2AH. From 2 to 24 March. There’s also a private viewing … Continue reading →

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Shit. Piss. Sperm. Gilbert. George.

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Germaine Greer has a fascinating take on Gilbert and George in today’s Guardian. The article is, I think rightly, less than warm about the work, which she seems to find as pompous, vacuous and posturing as I do. She has … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Cologne

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Charles Lambert

… made me think about an exhibition at the Ludwig Museum, entitled DC: Naked Drawings, a large white room full of drawings done directly on the walls by a Romanian artist called Dan Perjovschi. It was a great show, graffiti … Continue reading →

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FRIDGE POEM VARIATIONS

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Charles Lambert

It’s an odd way to start perhaps but I want to see how it feels to begin to clear away a backlog of work that will otherwise never see the light of day, whether virtual or not. These three pieces … Continue reading →

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