‘art’ Posts

Spirit & soul

17th March, 2010 by Serena

Dorka Zgrzeba’s paintings are inspired by smoky bars, jazz and vintage fashion; she uses acrylic paint, pizza bases from Poundland and splashes of tea and coffee to make up her extraordinary layered artworks.
She’s a long way from her native Poland, but has made art all her life, from installations to hand-painted porcelain: “You want it [...]

Drag queens

5th March, 2010 by Serena

Angelique Houtkamp’s tattooed ladies are anything but prim

Body conscious

3rd March, 2010 by Itala

A fan speaks about “part time gender terrorist” Del LeGrace Volcano.

Spectacular craftacular

18th December, 2009 by Beth

“A Christmas fair just wouldn’t be a Christmas fair without a tombola and luckily Tatty Devine stepped up to the task.” A review of Bust’s ever-ace Craftacular.

A stitch in time

8th November, 2009 by Katie

Lisa Connolly’s quirky illustrations of dark and sinister ladies are a new way of embroidering.

On doctor’s orders

24th August, 2009 by Miss Scarlet

“Why can’t life-drawing be sexy?” Miss Scarlet heads to Islington to find out.