Louise Bourgeois, the French – American artist who died in 2010 at the age of 98, was pure punk. She was best known for her casts of clothes, bodies and meat, but also her incredible large-scale sculptures, like the 30 foot tall spider called ‘Maman’. The reason for its title was that she adored herContinue reading “In Praise of Louise Bourgeois”
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I ❤️Bob Mortimer
He’s the Middlesbrough boy who, since leaving his career in law (yes really)in the nineties, as part of the double act with Vic Reeves (Jim Moir) TV appearances alone, or with Paul Whitehouse, has delighted Britain with his surreal shenanigans. He’s silly, bitingly sardonic and yet rather sweet and mischievous too. He literally goes, “hee!Continue reading “I ❤️Bob Mortimer”
