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Tag Archives: Kim
Alexis Cole — Transcendence
One of the questions that recurs in my novel is the importance of location — especially for artists.In my novel Kim is a German artist who has arrived to London from Berlin in the expectation that it’s the place to … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged agents, Alexis Cole, art, art galleries, artists, bookshops, Brick Lane, Damien Hirst, Kim, London, Mat Collishaw, Publishing, Research, setting, Shoreditch, theme, Transcendence
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Looking At The View
I was walking to the station a few days ago — the long way round because the footpath over the fields is too muddy (see the melting snow in the photo) and noticed a wonderful sunrise emerging over the tops … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged art, artists, Caspar David Friedrich, Chequers, Chilterns, Hanover, JMW Turner, John Constable, John Nash, Kim, Kurt Schwitters, landscape painting, landscapes, National Gallery, Research, Royal Academy, setting, Tate Britain
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In-Out, In-Out, Shake It All About?
The Hokey Cokey seems to possess the same level of serious reasoning as did last week’s unconvincing and desperately tactical David Cameron speech on an ‘in-out’ referendum on British membership of the EU. His gambling with the country’s political relationship with … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, Conservative Party, David Cameron, David Lidington, Degenerate Art, entartete Künst, EU, Europe, European culture, Eurosceptics, Germany, Hackney, James, Kim, London, Research, setting, Shoreditch, theme, UKIP, Winston Churchill, Working in Europe, World War I, World War II
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Beaten To It?
…but hopefully not with a paddle. I spotted this in W.H.Smith at Northampton services on the M1 last weekend. I’d realised my novel’s title is a bit of a hostage to fortune. I like it because it works in conjunction … Continue reading
Know What You Write
I’ve recently been writing a new scene for the novel involving street art. As readers of the blog will know, I’ve spent plenty of time recently learning about street art and observing it around Shoreditch (on Thursday this week I was … Continue reading
Posted in Influences, Research
Tagged Adam Neate, art, art galleries, artists, Berlin, Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, graffiti, Kim, Love Art London, method acting, psychology, setting, sex, Shoreditch, Street art, Tate Gallery
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The Accidental Street Art Photographer
This weekend is one of the biggest in the London art world with the huge Frieze exhibitions in Regent’s Park and many associated events. In 2010 Village Underground started to host the Moniker art fair, which is a showcase for … Continue reading
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Tagged amanda marie, artists, creative writing, Facebook, Kim, moniker art fair, Shoreditch, stencilling, Street art, Village Underground
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Love Art London and the Catlin Prize
The last post dwelt on art at the celebrity and ‘major gallery spaces’ level  (as Time Out describes them). But my novel is about an artist trying to make a living, someone who doesn’t have the reputation of Picasso or Hirst nor … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Uncategorized
Tagged ABC, adeline de monseignat, Affordable Art Fair, artcatlin, artists, Catlin Prize, jonny briggs, julia vogl, Kim, Love Art London, max dovey, owl and the pussycat, Research, setting, Shoreditch
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Time Out With London’s Lucky Kunsts
When I started writing the novel there were certain themes that I thought IÂ was fairly knowledgeable about: pubs, for example — I knew a lot about those. And food. And London geography and the pleasures of the Chilterns. And Germany … Continue reading
Posted in Influences, Research
Tagged acid house, Art Fund Pass, artists, Brain Activity, Damien Hirst, David Shrigley, Germany, global capital, Jeremy Dellar, Joy in People, Kim, KLF, london art fair, Manchester, miners' strike, Picasso and Modern British Art, Shoreditch, Tate Gallery, The Battle of Orgreave, theme
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The Great Big Fabergé Egg Hunt
Selected Fabergé Easter Eggs at Covent Garden Anyone who’s walked around certain areas of London — such as the South Bank, Carnaby Street or Canary Wharf — during Lent this year might have been puzzled by seeing giant eggs dotted around … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, Covent Garden, faberge, Kim, London, Miss Dee, the big egg hunt
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Gesamtkunstwerk
The title of this post is a German word that’s been adopted into English usage in the art world and translates roughly as total artwork — which I suppose is similar to the concept of total football as played by … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged 'China Gold', Art Projects, artists, Beryl Cook, Georg Herold, Gerhard Richter, Gesamtkunstwerk, Hayward Gallery, Jenny Keanee, Kim, Kirstine Roepstorff, london art fair, pipilotti rist, Pryle Behrman, Research, Richard Wilson, Saatchi Gallery, Susan Stockwell, Tate Modern, theme
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Apologies to Tamara Watts
The user name below, found on an office ‘multi-function device’ (i.e. printer), appealed to my puerile streak. I guess I shouldn’t laugh — maybe Mr Timothy or Ms Tamara Watts has had to deal with such sniggering throughout their lives — … Continue reading
What Happens in Vegas…
…ends up in my novel. This may be something of a surprise seeing as most of it is set in an English country pub which, apart from the copious amounts of booze drunk, is probably one of the places least … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged backstory, Beatles, contrasts, Emma, James, Kim, las vegas, psychology, Research, sex, theme
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SFMoMA
It’s not some sort of weird business school acronym but the local shorthand for one of the best art galleries in the US — the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It’s a little confusing as, according to the guidebooks, … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, Duchampf, Kim, Mark Rothko, modern art, Research, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMoMA, subconscious, theme
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Senseless
Having written a post about what a vibrant, international city London is — and having written a significant number of words for my novel that use London as a setting — I’ve been feeling physically sickened by the events over … Continue reading
Posted in Frustrations
Tagged criminality, Hackney, James, Kim, London, looting, motivation, Pembury Tavern, psychology, setting, thuggery
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Fields Inspired by Eric Ravilious
One of my favourite paintings — and one that is very germane to The Angel’s setting is John Nash’s The Cornfield, which I’ve blogged about previously. It’s relatively well-known, providing a motif for David Dimbleby’s BBC series on landscape painting a … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged artists, Eric Ravilious, Hay baling, John Nash, Kim, landscapes, London, Paul Nash, setting, Tate Britain, Tate Gallery, The Ridgeway, theme, White Horse Brewery
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Unlocking English as a Second Language?
I’m writing about a character who doesn’t have English as her native language, although she’s lived in London long enough for English  not to be accurately described, perhaps, as her second language — more her first through usage and acclimatisation. … Continue reading
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Tagged English, German, High Wycombe, Kim, language, non-native language
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Art for Art’s Sake?
I’m not sure about Kim’s personal taste in modern art but with her training she’d be sure to be able to hold forth about Cy Twombly, the American painter who died last week, and was the subject of some posts on … Continue reading
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Tagged art, collectors, criticism, Cy Twombly, finance, James, Kim, modern art, Picasso, Research, Shoreditch, Tate Gallery, The City, theme, wealth, World's Most Expensive Paintings
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On Your Bike Boris
A couple of weekends ago I decided, purely in the name of research for the novel, to research the area where Kim lives — what has been to me for many years the infamous borough of Hackney. I organised a … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artists, Fish Island, Hackney, Kim, London, pubs, setting, Shoreditch
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