V and A

This sculpture made of chairs by Martino Gamper is in the garden of the V and A museum. Inspiration could have come from the the chair arch created in 1877 for when Queen Victoria travelled through High Wycombe.

Drawing by Delta

American artist James Marshall (aka Dalek) and Amsterdam-based former graffiti maestro Boris Tellegen or Delta have this month come together in London for Dalek & Delta. Each artists work is interesting in its own right but the combination of the two, in my opinion, adds so much more to the exhibition. Although both artists create completely different pieces their work has some similarities. There is an architectural sturcture in both of the men's work.

By Dalek

Redwood Paper mould by Delta

"Come as you are"

Richard Burbridge new adverts - idea that McDonalds offers anyone and everyone through its doors.

A bathroom in Reykjavik

I saw this picture in The Times it went alongside an article on Iceland going bankrupt. This picture showing what Icelanders think of bankers in a bathroom in Reykjavik.

Korda

Chevolution is a new documentary/film that tells the story of most iconic and reproduced photos of Che Guevara by Alberto 'Korda' Diaz. The photo was not actually taken for the purpose of use on propanagnda or as the semi official portrait it later became. It was actually a snapshot that Korda took of Guevara at a memorial service in 1960. Nothing was thought of the image it was not even used in newspapers at the time. It was not until 1965 that the picture began to appear and subsequently took many different forms.

Broken Dolls Campaign

"You can lose more than your patience" is the message that photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten is trying to get across, by using such powerful images of porcelain children. She has created this campaign for polish charity Nobody's Children Foundation which provides assistance to abused children, their parents, and carers.

The White Tiger

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, winner of the man book prize. The novel is set in India, Balram, a chauffeur murders his employer justifying his crime as an act of a social entrepreneur. Balram then recounts his transformation from an honest hardworking boy growing up in rurl india where education and electricity are scarce to a determined killer.

It is the tale of one mans hellish experience in modern India.

Adiga's message in the book is very clear his obvious disagreements with social order in India and his observation that many are sacrificed to the whims of a few. These views are impressively depicted through the voice of his main character, Balram.