MANDI LENNARD
Mandi Lennard, of brand consultancy, Mandi’s Basement, on David Hockney’s photo collage, Nude (Theresa Russell)* GB Tell me why you chose this. ML Jonathan Silver who founded Salts Mill in Yorkshire […]
JASMINE RAZNAHAN
Jasmine Raznahan, magazine publisher and designer, on a photograph she took of an unknown artwork. GB Tell me why you chose this. JR I took this photograph on my old […]
ROBERT HOPKINS
Robert Hopkins, philosopher, on The Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David. GB Tell me why you chose this. RH The painting’s appeal for me is both immediate and hard-won. […]
KATE GOODWIN
Kate Goodwin, curator, on a photograph by Helene Binet of Grafton Architects installation (with lighting by Shizuka Harui) in her ‘Sensing Spaces’ show at the Royal Academy. GB Tell me […]
GARY CARD
Gary Card, set designer and illustrator, on ‘Circus Women’ after Elie Nadelman (February 20, 1882 – December 28, 1946) GB Why did you choose this? GC I’ve been in New York […]
TOP POSTS OF 2013
Many many thanks to everyone who has supported Gilded Birds so far. Have a wonderful 2014! The most popular posts of 2013 were: MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ “I think for me beauty comes from the inside, not the outside, it radiates. It’s an energy that gives off a kind of glow. It’s the same with people and objects. Every good work of […]
ALEXEY TITARENKO
Alexey Titarenko, photographer, on his photograph, Untitled (Woman on the Corner), 1995 GB Tell me why you chose this. AT Firstly, I should explain that for me, art is not […]
NICK KNIGHT
Nick Knight, generalist, on a sculpture by Edward Griffith. GB Why did you choose this? NK I chose this for its refinement and brutality. Ed Griffith is a lovely young […]
GUSTAVO BONEVARDI
Gustavo Bonevardi, artist, on a picture of the now vanished Pier 48 in Manhattan. GILDED BIRDS Tell me why you chose this. GUSTAVO BONEVARDI It took me a long time […]
JULIA BARDSLEY
Julia Bardsley, theatre artist, on a list in her father’s handwriting. GB Tell me why you chose this. JB I’ve chosen it because it’s banal in a way. It’s just […]
CHARLIE CASELY-HAYFORD
Charlie Casely-Hayford, fashion designer, on Jacques-Louis David’s painting, The Oath of the Horatii. GB Tell me why you chose this. CCH It’s a painting I first learned about at the […]
CARMEN GIMÉNEZ
Carmen Giménez, curator, on Van Gogh’s Café Terrace at Night GB Tell me why you chose this. CG I chose this painting because I’ve been working with James Turrell for […]
KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH
Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher on El Anatsui’s ‘Red Block’ sculpture. GB Tell me why you chose this. KAA First of all, I love it. It’s part of a sequence of […]
MARCUS KLEINFELD
Marcus Kleinfeld, artist, on one of the first photographs of earth taken from space, by the Apollo 8 Mission in 1968. GB Tell me why you chose this. MK The […]
CHARLES AVERY
Charles Avery, artist, on his Wellington boots. GB Tell me why you chose your Wellington boots. CA When asked to select an object of beauty I was on the Isle […]
MICHAEL ROSEN
Michael Rosen, philosopher, on David Hockney’s illustrations of a Wallace Stevens poem : The Blue Guitar GB Tell me why you chose this. MR To be quite honest with you […]
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