The Sebastian Guinness Gallery on Burlington Road (just round the corner from Mespil Road’s eponymous hotel) is currently playing host to a short and typically saccharine-sweet exhibition of David LaChapelle photography. Well known for his gaudy, hypersurreal celebrity portraits, ad campaigns and fashion editorials, the majority of LaChapelle’s work drips off the screen in vivid [...]
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An American Jesus in Dublin
Posted in Cultcha, tagged Amercian Jesus, David LaChapelle, Dublin, Sebastian Guinness Gallery on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Banksy vs Bristol Museum
Posted in Cultcha, tagged Banksy, Bristol, Bristol Museum on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For a man who started off by spraying his eponymous tag all over mid-90s Bristol, the artist we can only call Banksy has long since transcended his graffiti crew roots to really make a name for himself in 21st century culture. His output always hallmarked by its wry, satirical wit, he spent the first half [...]
