It’s always funny in a crisis like the current Covid-19 pandemic to see people screaming about how they don’t believe artists should receive financial relief. Unless they’ve been sitting on their lawn and staring at the sky these past two months, however, they’ve dealt very extensively with art on a daily basis. Maybe it’s entertainment like books, TV, movies, or music. Maybe it’s property such as homes, furniture, or interior design. And if we dig a bit further, we discover these people are also generally the sort of Ayn Rand objectivists who demand compensation be given for “genius.” You can’t simultaneously not pay for media and spout off about how nothing should be given away for free without becoming that which you’ve used your histrionics to rail against.
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- 4/20/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
A sceptic and a devotee struggle to reveal much of note about the notoriously elusive graffiti artist
When Robert Clarke first caught sight of the then unknown Banksy in a New York flophouse in 1995, it was like one of those revelatory occasions in Hollywood biblical epics when the shadow of the saviour, whose face we are not permitted to glimpse, falls onto the ungodly. "Lo and behold," says the quivering Clarke, "he was framed in the office door and a radiant light was coming off him."
"No, no really!" he adds, but the disclaimer doesn't dispel the religiosity of the encounter. Clarke rises and follows this nondescript fellow from Bristol, who dematerialises so mysteriously and leaves behind him only prophetic daubs on the sides of buildings – anti-capitalist slogans, stencilled caricatures of greedy corporate rats, the Mona Lisa wielding a bazooka and Queen Victoria being orally pleasured by a lesbian attendant.
When Robert Clarke first caught sight of the then unknown Banksy in a New York flophouse in 1995, it was like one of those revelatory occasions in Hollywood biblical epics when the shadow of the saviour, whose face we are not permitted to glimpse, falls onto the ungodly. "Lo and behold," says the quivering Clarke, "he was framed in the office door and a radiant light was coming off him."
"No, no really!" he adds, but the disclaimer doesn't dispel the religiosity of the encounter. Clarke rises and follows this nondescript fellow from Bristol, who dematerialises so mysteriously and leaves behind him only prophetic daubs on the sides of buildings – anti-capitalist slogans, stencilled caricatures of greedy corporate rats, the Mona Lisa wielding a bazooka and Queen Victoria being orally pleasured by a lesbian attendant.
- 5/12/2012
- by Peter Conrad
- The Guardian - Film News
Photograph by Lars Fassinger. Hell—not exactly the place you want to end up. But how’s about a quick peek, just to see what all the fuss is about? Get a glimpse at “Hell’s Half-Acre,” a collection of underworld renderings from 20 contemporary artists like Antony Micallef, porn-collage artist Jonathan Yeo, and taxidermy sculptress Polly Morgan, opening October 12 at the Old Vic Tunnels in London. The concept comes from Steve Lazarides, the urban art dealer and curator who launched Banksy’s career. Like Leo Castelli, Mary Boone and Bruno Bischofberger before him—the gallerists who put artists like Warhol, Rauschenberg and Schnabel on the map—Lazarides has become a champion for the artist as individual. He’s excelled at “mentoring new talent, nurturing the creative process and presenting work that is free to the public,” says actor Kevin Spacey, a co-curator of the show and the artistic director at the Old Vic Theatre.
- 10/11/2010
- Vanity Fair
Kevin Spacey is giving a boost to the London street art scene - by exhibiting a collection of urban pieces in his theatre.
The Usual Suspects star has teamed up with art dealer Steve Lazarides to plan an interactive show in a maze of tunnels under the British capital's Old Vic, where he works as artistic director.
And Lazarides insists Spacey is actually a big fan of graffiti art, and regularly visits his gallery to see new murals.
He says, "Kevin is really on board with the idea and a huge fan of the art he's seen. He comes to every viewing we have here. He and the Old Vic staff have been amazingly supportive."...
The Usual Suspects star has teamed up with art dealer Steve Lazarides to plan an interactive show in a maze of tunnels under the British capital's Old Vic, where he works as artistic director.
And Lazarides insists Spacey is actually a big fan of graffiti art, and regularly visits his gallery to see new murals.
He says, "Kevin is really on board with the idea and a huge fan of the art he's seen. He comes to every viewing we have here. He and the Old Vic staff have been amazingly supportive."...
- 5/21/2010
- WENN
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