All I Have Learned And Forgotten Again

For the past fortnight or so I've been leafing through the pages of this beautifully presented monograph on the renowned Swedish artist Jockum Nordström. Comprising of almost a hundred works, the book is a strange unfolding hinterland of oddly poetic images. Objects, animals and people are painted, drawn and collaged into uncanny, open-ended narratives. There is a peculiar yet appealing discomposure to much of Nordström's work. His images manage to marry a finely tuned sense of draughtsmanship with an oddly naïve charm creating a disconcerting visual landscape populated by owls, stark Modernist architecture, tall ships, and Victorian Dandies. With each successive image, Nordström presents a liminal world of strange frailties where folk art charm sits uneasily next to the peccadilloes of an industrial age, a world where despite the forest of suburban signifiers, the feeling is very much pre electric, otherworldly  and magical. A superb publication.

All I Have Learned And Forgotten Again is published by Hatje Cantz

For more info on Jockum Nordström, see previous posts here, here and here.

Kolář Jiří

Free Associations

The Haunted Radio

As a little prelude to All Hallows Evening, here's a little audio collage of oddly atmospheric spectral wonder by one of my favourite purveyors of 'haunted pop'. Dymaxion [comprising of duo Jeremy Novak and Claudia Newell] produced only a handful of singles in the late nineties but each one is a sonic wundercabinet of layered and playful composition. I hope you enjoy this four minute trip into the uncanny as much as I do.

David Noonan - New Work

If you're visiting London between the 10th October and 10th of November, I strongly recommend that you try to see David Noonan's exhibition of new work at Modern Art which is a darkly theatrical exploration of veiled narratives and gender politics. I particulary enjoyed trying to decipher the paper collages on linen which combined a strange meld of functional representation and oblique abstraction.

High Voltage Tightrope Walker

Václav Švankmajer

Get Set

As a little teaser for the upcoming film and performance happening in Glasgow this month, here's a short film by audio-visual artist Ian Helliwell. More details to follow soon.

Utan Söm Och Socka, Hellvi Kännungs, Gotland

Stairways And Radiators

The Rise & Progress Of Superstition

Worm

A few collages and a little bit of of poetry from the late, great Bob Cobbing. Sorry for the lack of posts of late, life has been a bit hectic.

Origami

It's always a pleasure to see new work by visual artist David Noonan and these images are no exception. I hope you enjoy this small selection of recent work currently on show at Xavier Hufkens in Brussels as much as I do. If you're in the vicinity, I would highly recommend a visit. A little bird has also told me that a catalogue will be available towards then end of the show. Origami by David Noonan runs between 1 March - 31 March 2012.