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Local heroes - people who have stood against corporate greed, exploitation and injustice in Glasgow over the past 100 ye...
15/04/2026

Local heroes - people who have stood against corporate greed, exploitation and injustice in Glasgow over the past 100 years or so

Leaving aside US extremists for the moment, here's a photomontage of our own home-grown variety based on a vintage comic...
12/02/2026

Leaving aside US extremists for the moment, here's a photomontage of our own home-grown variety based on a vintage comic cover.

Another of my photomontages. This is based on, but flips the idea behind, the infamous Tory General Election poster of 1...
06/02/2026

Another of my photomontages. This is based on, but flips the idea behind, the infamous Tory General Election poster of 1979 by Saatchi & Saatchi targeting Tony Blair. The original is in the comments.

Last Saturday saw us off to Tate Britain to catch a double-header exhibition, the first of which was by Ithell Colquhoun...
03/07/2025

Last Saturday saw us off to Tate Britain to catch a double-header exhibition, the first of which was by Ithell Colquhoun, the British Surrealist whose work drew heavily on her passions for the occult and mysticism. To be honest, I'm not a fan of Surrealism and much preferred her earlier figurative work, as shown here.

While wandering round the NPG last week, I came across this portrait of The Beatles that pulled me up short. For one thi...
01/07/2025

While wandering round the NPG last week, I came across this portrait of The Beatles that pulled me up short. For one thing, The Beatles are so ubiquitous, it's rare to find an image of them that you've never seen before and for another, especially not one taken by the celebrated war photographer, Don McCullin. This was taken in July 1968 as part of a commission to shoot a cover for Life magazine, just ahead of the release of the White Album. The photographer went far beyond his brief and the shoot passed into Fab Four lore as the Mad Day Out. What really drew me to this particular shot is the composition and the placing of each of the band members - so different from much of their press shots that tended to focus on Paul and John. With hindsight, you can now sense the creative and personal tensions within the band that were starting to come to the fore.

Friday's gallery was the NPG, one of my favourites, to see the Jenny Saville retrospective - amazing artworks full of li...
30/06/2025

Friday's gallery was the NPG, one of my favourites, to see the Jenny Saville retrospective - amazing artworks full of life and movement and passion.

Been having a most excellent time in London for the past couple of days, dodging the extreme heat (for a Glaswegian) wit...
29/06/2025

Been having a most excellent time in London for the past couple of days, dodging the extreme heat (for a Glaswegian) with visits to various galleries and exhibitions. Yesterday was the Tate Modern and Louise Bourgeois' Mamam.

Down in Gourock visiting friends this afternoon... With a view like this from your living room window, who needs Netflix...
01/06/2025

Down in Gourock visiting friends this afternoon... With a view like this from your living room window, who needs Netflix?!

Came across this in a junk shop a wee while ago. Seems particularly appropriate at the moment, given the troubling times...
27/05/2025

Came across this in a junk shop a wee while ago. Seems particularly appropriate at the moment, given the troubling times faced by our American cousins...

"Alas, poor Yorick...I knew him well - and he was a mean bastard"
23/05/2025

"Alas, poor Yorick...I knew him well - and he was a mean bastard"

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