Charlie Roberts.

Krapp Kapp.

Owl Hat.

Self portrait.

I don't think you can get much cooler than this: Charlie Roberts makes these amazing paintings, he lives in the woods, he has a norwegian girlfriend that wears a witche's hat and big sunglasses to sing, he made a sculpture out of a tree trunk he found outside the museum where he's exhibiting, he plays live music on the day of the opening of his exhibition in the middle of the museum on a stage that he's created himself with his group called Krapp Kapp.

Here you can see some more of his paintings.

I copied and pasted some more info from the Kade site. Toon and Jannetje did the graphics for this exhibition.

Krapp Kapp
The new installation that Charlie Roberts created for Kunsthal KAdE is a chapel-like structure in which a series of painted tableaux will tell the fictional tale of the emergence of a band called ‘Krapp Kapp’. His own studio forms the central ‘altarpiece’. It is a puzzle brimming with information about his personal life and sources of inspiration and with references to the world ‘outside’. In this installation, Roberts reveals himself as a master storyteller whose panoramic vision transports us into an amazing world of the imagination, full of references to his personal past, wider (art) history and today’s multimedia world of heroes and anti-heroes.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a specially published 24-page catalogue containing an article by documentary film maker IJsbrand van Veelen. More...

About Charlie Roberts
Roberts was born in Hutchinson, Kansas (USA). His first experience of art was at secondary school, when he and his friends produced publicity posters for their band. After attending an art class, he became – in his own words – ‘obsessed by painting’. He enrolled to study history at the University of Kansas but, after hearing a lecturer talk enthusiastically about artists and their work, later decided to leave and enrol at the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada. There, he trained for two years as a painter. Roberts now lives and works in Oslo, Norway.

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This is the type of art I would want in my house if I could afford it.

The incredible Phillipe Petit.

Such an incredible story, great footage, and Philipe Petit is just so passionate about his dream, it's contagious. Loved it.

(Mental note: find better words to describe things I like.)

Very shitty music for the trailer, by the way.

Rotterdam won't be the same.

The station is supposed to be finished this year. Or so I read in Wikipedia. I think that's a big fat lie.

I've gotten so used to the construction site there, I hardly see it as one anymore. It's as if the station was supposed to be like that. Rotterdam will almost seem like a different city when all these cranes are gone. So let's enjoy them while they're here.

Oh Scott, stop it, please.

You make me feel like I really need all these amazing clothes and accesories. Actually, I think a poncho is a must right now in my life. And if only I had the right lips, bright red lipstick would be too.

The boots!

More here:
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

In the mood for the beach.

For now I have to make do with these fake little scenes. Which are actually very cool, I find.

The valley of High Wycombe.

Filling the days with good company and loveliness.

Helen made home made pasta. What a treat.

Looking happy because our tummies are filled with delicious food and wine thanks to Helen and Dill.

Borough Market. Organic veggies and a diet coke to compensate the healthy diet.

Amazing cheese shop where Podgy works, Phil's flatmate. She has to try all the cheeses (yes, they HAVE to, poor things.)

London amazes me every single time.

Dieter Rams exhibit in the Design Museum.

Oh, I really do need this.

And this.

And this (oh and the bookshelf too).

Liking the highlight.

Stew and yorkshire puddings done by a yorkshireman. Mmm-mm.

Dining table/carpet.

I really need all of these.

Trapped.

I'm not one to complain too much about the weather, but come one! It's snowing. AGAIN.

An OMG cutie pie.

23/10/2007

Time flies!