Tuesday 30 March 2010

"...that would be compromising my artistic integrity"

In Bed With Madonna or Truth or Dare to give it the official title is one of my favourite films. Combining backstage footage and performance on Madonna's ground breaking Blonde Ambition Tour of 1990 the film is a fascinating insight into stardom, family and being provocative. This poster advertised a screening presented by myself and was made using old fashioned cut paste and rip techniques. The gold facade being torn away to reveal the grainy truth of performance on and off stage!

Tuesday 23 March 2010

The Day Before You Came

Working on new fanzine
art culture poetry
Possible first issue cover

Garden of Eden

This image was used for the 'Bitches, Babes and Bastards' issue of my university fanzine entitled "News"Letter.
Madonna + Big Daddy Kane + Naomi Campbell as featured in Madonna's Sex book,originally shot by Steven Meisel. 

The xx

Wednesday 3 March 2010

POP TARTS: Andy and Debbie slip a floppy disc

Magazines are wonderful records of a particular moment in time. This copy of NME is a gem as it features two of my favourite people: Andy and Debbie and it was exhibited in Tate Modern's Pop Life: Art in a Material World exhibition. It is a great example of Warhol playing on his own legacy while showing his desire to interact with the present. So here he creates a Warhol-style print, of the modern equivalent of Marilyn at the time, with an Amiga at the Commodore Amiga product launch press conference in 1985. Retro! AND the mag is as old as I, being published in January 1986. I don't think you would get such a pairing in music mags these days. Read the interview below:

Monday 1 March 2010

Cassandra Jones Style

I always like to make Birthday cards - here's one making the most of my friends style and her similarity to the Queen Ms Grace Jones.