Sophronia Choker

Bright and sunny Sunday and I have just uploaded one of my last creations on Etsy :)

Frieze Art Fair 2009: Sculpture Park

This year’s Sculpture Park presented in the wonderful setting of the English Gardens of Regent’s Park demonstrates a distinctly international feel, presenting work by a strong and broad spectrum of artists.
I love Regent's Park at this time of the year, with autumnal shades starting to shine and all the squirels trying to gather the very last nuts before the Winter like crazy!
Here are few of the sculptures taken during my lunch break :)

Louise Bourgeois, The Couple - 2003

Daughter of a devoted mother and an unfaithful father who openly took his children’s tutor for a mistress, Bourgeois’s works have always combined the innocence of childhood with the wisdom of age, using overt metaphor to challenge gender roles, sexuality, and what it means to be a woman. Couples are alternately reviled and revered as seen in “The Couple” swirling luminously above the ground, the largest in a series of hanging aluminium sculptures.

Neha Choksi, A Child’s Grove - 2009

Neha Choksi, A Child’s Grove - 2009

Rémy Markowitsch, BONSAIPOTATO - 2001/09

A giant translucide talking potato!

Zhan Wang, Artificial Rock No. 16, 2007


Maria Roossen, Breast Berries - 2009

Erwin Wurm, Pumpkin - 2009


Eva Rothschild, Someone and Someone - 2009

Graham Hudson, Edward VIII - 2009

Edward VIII was the only monarch since Elizabeth I not to have a statue or monument of commemoration in England until Graham Hudson’s last sculpture. Wish I found a bit more explanation about this one...

Paul McCarthy, Henry Moore Bound to Fail (Bronze) - 2004

American artist Paul McCarthy’s work is an homage to the oeuvre of Henry Moore and will remain on display for six months.

Busy & exciting art season this Autumn

I am planning to see the following exhibitions so if anyone fancy coming along, feel free to let me know, my planning is fairly flexible :)

Two intriguing free exhibitions are currently running at the Victoria & Albert Museum: “Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design” and “All the better to see you with, my dear’: Fairytales and Enchantments”

I am going to visit those two tomorrow evening during the late opening as “Telling Tales” finishes next week already...

The more than fascinating “Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler” can be seen at the British Museum is on until 24 January 2010. The British Museum has late openings on Thursdays and Fridays, I’ll probably pick a Thursday as most museums only have late openings on Fridays only.

Whilst there I’ll also pop in to “The power of dogu: ceramic figures from ancient Japan” which is free and runs until 22 November 2009.

Goggle-eyed dogū. 1000-300BC. Tokyo National Museum

The National Gallery displays “Sacred made Real - Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600 – 1700” until 24 January 2009 and again I will pick on of the late evening opening on Fridays.

Gregorio Fernández's Dead Christ (1625-30)

“Pop Life: Art in a Material World” runs at the Tate Modern until January 17th 2010 so I’ll pop in before my membership expires!

I can't really miss an exhibition that has a bunny on the poster, can I?

And last but not least in my little selection, “Anish Kapoor” at the Royal Academy of Arts seems definitely interesting and disturbing from what I have seen so far…

Orpheus Britannicus

Last month I had the wonderful opportunity to shoot the rehearsal of Mercurius Company's last production, Orpheus Britannicus - The Dance of the Hearts at the Cadogan Hall.

Here are a few backstage pictures, more can be seen here.

The Cadogan Hall's ghost

"Alive at Night" by David Bailey

Whoops it is about time I post this! So Vanity, Darren, Seph and myself went along to the opening night of the exhibition and were very excited to see our pictures however it appeared that David Bailey only picked shots of the guys so Vanity and I were no were to be seen! >-<'

Ah well, it does not matter, we still got a giant print of our picture as well as our £400 Nokia plus the chance to meet and work with an extraordinary photographer so we did not sulk for too long! ^^'
The phone went straight on Ebay as I can't really afford the monthly payments for all the gadgets although I'd love to have an interactive map at all times with me! That'll be probably the most I will ever get paid for half an hour work in life as well! :D

By the way I do not have a digital version of the picture so I had to take a picture of the very shiny print itself hence its funny look!

Asylum Part III: Empire Ball

Here it is at last, the best part of the steampunk festival, for me at least as I was not stuck behind a stall anymore and was free to wear the biggest dress I own!

morbidfrog and one of her fabulous hats!



simonsatori and morbidfrog


vampyresheep , demonmoonglow and Rob




I want those wings!!


Robert Rankin full of energy!


morbidfrog


Can't say I am not promoting my jewellery!


Don't need to say who's on this one, do I?

Dark Sanctuary

It was a very emotional performance given by Dark Sanctuary as this was sadly their last concert... Members each personal projects and they are now taking indefinite time off after releasing their last album.

90% of the audience was composed of French people who crossed the Channel to see the very last performance but I did recognised of few Londoners and I was very happy to see the church totally filled up.

What an amazing location to perform for the last time, St Pancras Church was definitely made for them.