Saturday 29 January 2011

SHOWS- Angelhead Hipsters, the photographs of Allen Ginsberg

At the National Theatre in London.

" The poignancy of a photograph comes from looking back to a fleeting moment in a floating world."- Allen Ginsberg 1990



L-R: Lucien Carr, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs


William Burroughs


Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso


Patti Smith and William Burroughs


Thursday 27 January 2011

EVENT- Patti Smith in conversation with Geoff Dyer

On the 25th January 2011 at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

More info here.


Patti Smith performing "My Blakean Year", at the end of the conversation.

Sunday 9 January 2011

My artwork - Statement in progress

The work aims at experimenting with ideas and concepts.
The work seeks to be honest, personal and simple.
The work follows a process.
The work derives from chance.
The work is open to the exploration of non-precious and non-traditional materials.
The work does not seek to be aesthetically pleasing.
The work derives from what´s outside my mind.
The work is beyond my control.

AV 9.1.11

Thursday 6 January 2011

READING 004 - The Andy Warhol Diaries

"Tuesday, June 28, 1977 (...) I haven´t peed on any canvases this week. This is for the Piss paintings. I told Ronnie [Ronnie Cutrone] not to pee when he gets up in the morning- to try to hold it until he gets to the office, because he takes lots of vitamin B so the canvas turns a really pretty color when it´s his piss. (...)"