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A Closer Look

The latest in a series of promising exhibitions at the National Gallery is Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes & Discoveries, which runs from 30^th June – 12^th September 2010. Having been impressed by the recent Hoerengracht exhibition, and intrigued by the prospect of a look into the hidden world of art, I went along.

The first impression is a good one: the exhibition is impressive in both scale and design. Covering an entire floor of the Sainsbury Wing, the More

Ernesto Neto – The Edges of the World

The Ernesto Neto exhibition is taking place at Hayward Gallery as part of the Brazil Festival in South Bank, London. I recently went there with two friends, both artists themselves. I was told that Ernesto Neto had a new interactive installation exhibition and so we planned a day out in London.
The exhibition has two parts; the first part is called ‘The New Decor’ which is collaboration of contemporary artist’s work of interior design. The artists take everyday objects such More

Three Reasons Why I Hate Social Welfare

In its broad definition, social welfare is the provision by a government of certain social services and facilities to the less fortunate in the society. This includes things like hospitals, welfare programs, food stamps, and schools. There are those who benefit for this program and many more that do not. I do not believe these programs work the way they should. Here are three fundamental reasons why I hate social welfare.

First off it seems to support many of those More

Wake Up People! There Is A Better Way To Earn A Living

It amazes me how many people sit there and complain about their job. They absolutely hate it. They complain about how much they are paid and how little raises they ever get. They go on and on about how much they cannot stand getting up to their alarm clocks and having to drive through the morning bumper to bumper traffic.

Here they are every day of their lives complaining about their jobs, but yet they keep doing the same thing More

Britain

On May 12, 2010 a new Prime Minister was appointed. The former Prime Minister, David Gordon announced that he would resign on the same day. A mere two hours later, David Cameron was named the new Prime Minister. A conservative leader, Cameron is the youngest man in history to hold this position at the age of 43. He met with the Queen shortly before making his announcement on 10 Downing Street. Cameron’s mission, he claims, is to bring together the More

What Is Art?

I wonder why it is that so many of us feel it necessary to express ourselves through art? We do it through painting, music, writing, dance, crafts and sculpture.

Perhaps it is simply a way of ridding ourselves of certain unwanted emotions, thoughts or memories. There are a lot of art therapists out there who will tell you how beneficial it can be to do something creative. Art can be a great way of coming to terms with grief or More

It’d Make My Day!

I used to be the proud owner of an original Swiss Army Knife. I loved that thing. It was everything to me between the ages of about thirteen and fifteen, when I spent every single evening after school pretending to be John Rambo. But somewhere along the line, amid puberty, girls and living life, I lost that treasured knife of mine. It disappeared one day and I haven’t seen it since. The worst part about it is that I don’t More

Was It Inevitable?

Everyone loves Apple. As far as the latest groundbreaking technology goes, whether it be computers or the mega-successful iphone, they are the cream of the crop. The iphone blew minds when it came out. With its many apps and easy usability, it solved a lot of problems that had dogged mobile users for ages.

And it seemed Apple were unbeatable. That is, until now.

The brand-new tablet had been expected for some time. Promising a lot and hyped More

Why Dogs Bite

Like Cosmetic doctors who see so much beauty they go insane, and firemen who get told they are a hero for the umpteenth time, dogs bite and they bite for good reason. I don’t really blame them. Asking a dog not to bite is a bit like giving someone who really, really hates ducks a machine gun and surprising them one day with a million ducks that are highly attracted to mentally disturbed individuals. But I don’t think we should More

Blame!

Think about how dangerous daily life used to be, and how much less dangerous it is now: in Victorian times you could die from a terrible disease just by washing your teeth in dodgy water, or fall from a chimney and that’d be it. But nowadays that threat and many others have been all but obliterated. Now more than ever there are, of course, other dangers which threaten everyone, no matter how careful one is: things like cars, stuff falling More