11 March 2010

Studio Malick

In the West people have to have all this stuff to be happy, but we don’t have this system. But physical poverty doesn’t mean moral poverty. In Africa we have moral riches and happiness in our hearts. Malick Sidibé

Private view of some of Malick Sidibé unseen work at the Lichfield Studios.


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Braids and Fros

Totally in love with natural hair stylist Angela M Plummer

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Interesting use of hair and over sized bows
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See more of her work here

6 March 2010

MALICK SIDIBÉ Exhibition

A small collection of some of Malick Sidibé unseen work opens at the Lichfield Studios

Sidibé, who became the first photographer to be awarded the Lion d'Or for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2007, is now internationally respected for his black and white photographs that capture the transformation and energy of post-colonial Bamako, Mali’s capital city. Press release

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The Guardian also has an in depth article on Malick Sidibé photographs

See more of his work in our previous post here and also see how Chris Ofili was influenced in his work Douen's Dance

The exhibition opens from the 11 March and runs to the 16 April at the Lichfield Studios 133 Oxford Gardens
London
W10 6NE

Big Hair

We love Fiona Woodcock Big Hair cards.








Cards available from Constructive Lives

4 March 2010

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

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Photo by James Van der Zee



Directed by Tamra Davis, the documentary features never-before seen footage of the prolific artist painting, talking about his art, and existing in the two years prior to his death in 1988.

The OST features music from Mike D and Ad Rock.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child was released on Feb 21st.

2 March 2010

Ghostpoet

The other day I was listening to Gilles Peterson's show on my Iphone when this eery half sung, half slurred, half emceed song came on. It was like a cross between Arab Strap's "Here we go" and Tricky. It was also rather GOOD!

Ghostpoet is doing a FREE show at Momo's at the end of this month. BE THERE!!!!!



Cash and Carry Me Home By Ghostpoet

www.myspace.com/ghostpoet