(Things we're doing and stuff we like)
Yesterday, I checked out the new ‘Brain Activity’ exhibition by David Shrigley at The Hayward Gallery over at Southbank Centre. Combining a curious combination of comic book and conceptual art, Shrigley masters the mediums of animated film, taxidermy and 3D sculpture to provoke and confuse. Best known for his anarchic humour, I found myself giggling round the gallery like a school kid at his crude, witty sketches, evil cartoon characters and eccentric taxidermy sculptures. Highlights of the exhibition include a shopping list gravestone, hilarious doodles and a headless ostrich. Brilliant, wacky British art at its best.
Last weekend I visited the It’s Nice That and Stewdio collaboration at Selfridges which celebrates the importance of words, as perceived in surreal and wonderful glory. The store’s famous windows have a wooden roller coaster (Word-a-Coaster) which whizzes around dispensing 30,000 unique coloured capsules, each one containing a word, which you can pick at random. Also, the Ultralounge on the Lower Ground floor has been transformed into a library showcasing thousands of books.
Last weekend we tried out the mysterious ‘Fourth Wall’ pop-up cocktail bar, also known as the wandering bar. Its temporary address is kept secret and to find its location we were emailed clues. Solving the Countdown style conundrums we ended up in Sclater Street, Shoreditch. The bar was hidden in a market warehouse and had a vintage living room feel. The cocktails were delicious, especially The Gatsby and Chimps Tea concoctions. Track down this quirky bar on Friday and Saturday nights.
Following the successful openings of stores in Le Marais area and at Merci in Paris, Australian beauty brand Aesop has opened a beautiful new store in London. A few of us were lucky enough to attend the exclusive opening last night in Lexington Street, in the heart of Soho, and enjoy Spanish canapés accompanied by red wine kindly provided by Pizarro Restaurant. The store has been designed by Paris-based architecture studio Ciguë, also responsible for the design of the two Paris stores.
British fashion designer, Stella McCartney has relocated her New York flagship store to SoHo. Located at 112 Greene Street, the 5,200 square feet space holds McCartney’s ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, beauty, lingerie, Adidas by Stella McCartney and an assortment of items from the kids’ line. McCartney is Great Britain’s Creative Director for the London 2012 Olympic Games; the first time in the history of the games that a leading fashion designer has designed the apparel for a country’s team across all competitions.
Written by New York Camron staff Kate Colangeli.
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