David Choe at Lazarides in London (Juxtapoz)

David Choe at Lazarides Galleries, London and Newcastle
by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
Friday, 29 February 2008










... a kaleidoscope of watercolors, acrylics, spray paint, ink pen, pencils and oils portray threatening über-babes and depict explosive scenes of ultra-violence with their daunting consequences.

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London Daily Photo: Measure for Measure

London Daily Photo: Measure for Measure
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Short Film: Putting Blogs to Faces

Folks talking about their blogs at the February London Bloggers Meetup at The Camel & Artichoke on Lower Marsh Street in London. Click here for info about the next London Blogger Meetup.

London Daily Photo: Stop for Tea

London Daily Photo: Stop for Tea
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Short Film: All Eyes on Banksy

All Eyes on Banksy, Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008

Works by iconic - and iconoclastic - graffiti artist Banksy are on view at Andipa Gallery in London. Here's da scoop from me to you!

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Preview: Banksy Exhibition at Andipa Gallery
By Chris Osburn
Londonist
February 27, 2008

Not only the world’s most famous graffiti stencil artist, England’s own beloved Banksy is also one heck of a studio artist. Don’t believe us (or any of the hype surrounding Banksy)? See for yourself at Andipa Gallery, where – starting this Friday – many of Banksy’s works is to be on view.

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Banksy Exhibition at Andipa Gallery, London
by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
February 27, 2008











... the bulk of exhibition is comprised of studio pieces which are very much available for purchase, if you've got the funds. For instance, an exceptional acrylic on canvas painting titled Sharks has a price tag of around £40,000 (yep, that's roughly $80,000).

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London Daily Photo: Flash

London Daily Photo: Flash
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Londonist: Planet Kebabs VERSUS Archway Kebab House

Here's the second post in a new Londonist series called VERSUS. The idea is to "take like for like and decide which one is more likeable."

Planet Kebabs VERSUS Archway Kebab House

By DeanN
Londonist
February 27, 2008

On a staid north London street, a battle rages between two implacable foes to determine the answer to that essential Friday night question: who serves up the finest kebabs in N19?

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London Daily Photo: As If

London Daily Photo: As If
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?" M Manzes

Here's another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? M Manzes
by Oliver Gili
Londonist
February 26, 2008

The place has a charming turn of the twentieth century look to it. The prices, well, have an old fashioned feel as well. Well ok, they are very cheap, especially considering the quality of the food. Our only gripe is the opening hours. If only they opened longer.

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London Daily Photo: Caffeine

London Daily Photo: Caffeine
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Centre Point Single

London Daily Photo: Centre Point Single
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Overheard in London: Borough Market's Olfactory Value

As leaving Borough Market on a busy Saturday afternoon, I overheard the following comment announced in a distinctly North American accent to a group of twenty-somethings coming into the market:

It's worth coming here for the smells alone!

London Daily Photo: Magic Tricks and Props

London Daily Photo: Magic Tricks and Props
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Lost and Found: Answer Before the Question

Click on image for larger version. Above text reads:

Please accept my apologies about this. Case of having an answer before the question...

Here is the question for the last essay question in chapter 31:

"Assess whether closer integration of national economies is likely to abolish business cycles."

London Daily Photo: Meat Specialists

London Daily Photo: Meat Specialists
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Time Out likes Londonist

Check it: Time Out listed Londonist (for which I am the Food & Drink editor) as one of London's 50 best websites. Nice. The rest of the list is pretty cool. However, they seem to have overlooked one particular blog ... hmmmm ...

50 best London websites
The internet is a global phenomenon, defying geography and scoffing at national boundaries. So it might seem odd to peer solely at the capital through our browser windows, but, trust us, the city looks sensational viewed on the small screen. Clearly, this very site is the font of indispensable London knowledge – but here we present 50 other corkers, all of them useful and entertaining, all of them devoted entirely to the Big Smoke. Go on, log on to London!
Time Out
February 21, 2008

‘A website about London and everything that happens in it’, Londonist is a lively and eclectic ongoing conversation about the capital, put together with real passion and insight.

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London Daily Photo: Landmark

London Daily Photo: Landmark
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Chris Von Steiner's "The Snow King" at Strychnin Gallery London (Juxtapoz)

Chris Von Steiner's "The Snow King"
by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
Wednesday, 20 February 2008















Mystical animals, such as giant stags, green owls and white wolves, provide symbolic underpinnings to the trials of the human characters in Von Steiner's works.

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London Daily Photo: Breakfast Sandwiches Salt Beef

London Daily Photo: Breakfast Sandwiches Salt Beef
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Short Film: Henry Moore at Kew Gardens

Video from a February visit to Kew Gardens in London during the "Moore at Kew" exhibition, which runs until March 30th. I highly recommend checking it out, especially on a sunny day.



henry moore at kew gardens
a short film by chris osburn featuring music by the pandas

Click here for info about Moore at Kew, a landmark exhibition of monumental works by the internationally acclaimed sculptor Henry Moore featuring twenty-eight outdoor sculptures sited within the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew's unique World Heritage landscape.

London Daily Photo: Tattered Flag

London Daily Photo: Tattered Flag
Photography by Anonymous © 2008
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?" Daddy Donkey

Here's another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? Daddy Donkey
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
February 19, 2008

Quite simply, we adore them.

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London Daily Photo: Monmouth Street

London Daily Photo: Monmouth Street
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Health Nut: Vegan London (Londonist)

Health Nut: Vegan London
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
February 18, 2008

It’s hard to be a saint in the city, especially when trying to eat healthily and conscientiously. That’s why we truly appreciate Vegan London for providing “perhaps the most up-to-date information on the best vegetarian restaurants in London that are suitable for vegans,” along with “details on the best places for shopping, as well as resources for visitors to London.”

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London Daily Photo: Fitzrovian Mothership

London Daily Photo: Fitzrovian Mothership
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Waiting for the Bus

London Daily Photo: Waiting for the Bus
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Souled Out: Mau-Mau, Cyclops and Kate Westerholt at Leonard Street Gallery

SOULED OUT
New works by Beejoir, also featuring fellow Souled Out Studios artists Mau-Mau, Cyclops and Kate Westerholt


Leonard Street Gallery
73 A Leonard Street
London EC2A 4QS
Tel: + 44 (0)207 033 99 77
Fax: + 44 (0) 207 613 0591
http://www.tlsg.co.uk/
info@tlsg.co.uk

29 FEB 2008 - 22 MAR 2008

The tone of the exhibition promises to be nothing less than an eclectic visual representation of modern urban life and political anxieties mixed with aesthetic warfare revealed through sculptures, paintings, installations, plastered signs, skate decks and knitted mayhem.

Click here to visit Leonard Street Gallery online.

London Daily Photo: MASSAGE

London Daily Photo: MASSAGE
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Sickboy Interview for Whitehot Magazine

Sickboy Interview
Words and photography by Chris Osburn
whitehot magazine of contemporary art
February 2008










Being a frustrated teenager, I needed an outlet other than drug experimentation, and graffiti was a very enticing world. Manchester at the time had a strong scene with Hulme and a lot of tagging going on. It just seemed a little edgier than art class.

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Sanderson Bob’s "Pure Yet Complex" at Kemistry Gallery, London (Juxtapoz)

Sanderson Bob’s "Pure Yet Complex" at Kemistry Gallery, London
by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
Thursday, 14 February 2008














Pure Yet Complex, the first UK solo exhibition by graphic designer Sanderson Bob, ... features a selection of limited edition lithographic posters, explores the artist's "interest in line, color, perspective, movement and the edges of things."

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Jef Aerosol: "Spray it Loud" at Islington Arts Factory (Juxtapoz)

Jef Aerosol's "Spray it Loud" at Islington Arts Factory, London
by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
Wednesday, 13 February 2008












[Jef Aerosol's Spray it Loud] features many of Jef's most recognizable stencils of pop culture icons and rock 'n' roll legends such as Nick Drake, Ian Curtis and Neil Young. However, Jef also utilizes his talents to draw our attention to society's less celebrated: an elderly beggar, a homeless mother and child, a runaway child huddled in a corner.

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London Daily Photo: Hearts o' Cheese

London Daily Photo: Hearts o' Cheese
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Chris Von Steiner's Snow King at Strychnin Gallery London

Snow King
Chris von Steiner
Opening Friday February 15th, 7 pm

There’s a door, somewhere. A door that opens on a white and silent world, where every secret is kept frozen under snow and ice. There’s a kingdom, somewhere. A kingdom wherein there lives a sad little boy, waiting for some brave stranger to deliver him from his icy castle...

Strychnin Gallery
65 Hanbury StreetLondon
London 66 E15JP
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www.Strychnin.com

London Short Film: Tuesday night at Sugar Cane tiki bar in Clapham Junction

Here's a little diddle from last night's get together at Sugar Cane, a pretty cool newbie tiki bar in Clapham Junction, London. Big thanks to MrBaliHai for organizing this impromptu gathering and to Sugar Cane for the attentive service, fine drinks and good eats!

tuesday night @ sugar cane
a short film by chris osburn featuring:
will kane, world of kane
trader jim, pocketiki
mrbalihai, eye of the goof
sian, exotic tramp
tiki racer
tiki chris

London Daily Photo: Hearts Aligned

London Daily Photo: Hearts Aligned
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Short Film: Year of the Rat Chinese New Year Parade

Here's a short video shot along the Strand during Sunday's Chinese New Year parade:

Camden Market Update

Probe begins at market fire site
The Press Association - Feb 12, 2008
Investigators are hoping to get access to part of London's Camden Market which has been ravaged by fire. The London Fire Brigade's investigation team began ...

Cash help for Camden Market traders
The Press Association - Feb 12, 2008
An emergency financial package will be offered to stallholders in a bid to get Camden Market "back up and running" after Saturday's devastating fire, ...

Cash plan to aid fire-hit market
BBC News, UK - Feb 12, 2008
"That is why I am announcing this recovery package and my commitment to work with [other agencies] and the Camden Market Traders to design the most ...

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From the Camden Council Website

The area affected is the relatively small area known as Canal Street market
Download: Map of the affected areas (PDF 118KB)

The police cordon restricts pedestrian access in the area bounded by:
Chalk Farm Road at the Camden Lock Bridge,
Chalk Farm Road at junction with Hawley Street (north of the incident)
Castlehaven Road by the community centre.
Download: Map of the affected areas (PDF 118KB)

London Daily Photo: Holy

London Daily Photo: Holy
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?" Palmers

Here's another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What's for Lunch? Palmers
by Oliver Gili
Londonist
February 12, 2008










Yes, we know, this is a kebab shop, a high street kebabshop. Or in this case an Old Street Kebab shop inClerkenwell. You're probably thinking what, kebabs forlunch? Only for those whose first course has been somewhatliquid!

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London Daily Photo: Old Street Flowers

London Daily Photo: Old Street Flowers
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Best cupcakes in London? See for yourself!

Quality Cupcakes and More at Bea's of Bloomsbury
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
February 11, 2008












Psst. Wanna to know about the bestest, most yummiest cupcakes in all of London? Of course you do. They’re at Bea's of Bloomsbury, a new (as in today’s the first day they’re open to the public) café at 44 Theobald’s Road offering “inspiring cuisine, artisan cakes and pastries and the finest teas and coffees.”

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Sunday Lunch at The Eagle with Londonist

More foodie snooping for Londonist.

Sunday Lunch: The Eagle
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
February 9, 2008










Considering all the phenomenal pubs within crawling distance of the mighty Eagle, its popularity is a real testament to how brilliant this place is.

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London Daily Photo: Danger Lurks

London Daily Photo: Danger Lurks
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Camden Market Fire

Crews tackle London market fire
BBC News, UK - 37 minutes ago
A number of people are reportedly trapped in a serious blaze at London's famous Camden Market, according to the London Fire Brigade. ...
Major fire consumes famous market The Press Association
Camden Market goes up in flames ITN
all 12 news articles »

Major fire consumes famous market
The Press Association - 33 minutes ago
Firefighters are tackling a blaze at London's famous Camden Market. A spokesman for London Fire Brigade confirmed it was a "major fire" and said eight fire ...

Breaking News: Camden Market on Fire
58 minutes ago by M@
A major fire has broken out in Camden Town. Part of the Canal Market caught fire around 7pm. As dense black smoke bellowed out from beneath shutters at least four fire engines and a surveillance helicopter rushed to the scene. ...
Londonist - http://londonist.com/

Fears for lives as major fire breaks out in Camden
Times Online, UK - 33 minutes ago
More than 100 firefighters are this evening tackling a major fire at Camden Market in London. The fire was still spreading at about 8.30pm and London Fire ...

Major fire consumes famous market
Metro, UK - 58 minutes ago
A spokesman for London Fire Brigade confirmed it was a "major fire" and said eight fire engines were in attendance following a 999 call. ...Children ‘should be banned from TV’ Metro
all 7 news articles »

London Daily Photo: Offering

London Daily Photo: Offering
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London bus driver goes crazy: Real life version of "Speed"

WALTHAM FOREST: We prayed for our lives on ‘hell ride’
By jonathan moyes
Guardian
7:34am Saturday 9th February 2008

TERRIFIED pedestrians ran for their lives and panicking passengers were flung from their seats during "the bus ride from hell".

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London Daily Photo: Star Food

London Daily Photo: Star Food
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Happy Chinese New Year: London Celebrate the Year of the Rat

For London - a city where, purportedly, you're never more than 10 feet from a rat - 2008 (The Year of the Rat) should be a particularly auspicious year! Looking for some info on what, where and how to celebrate Chinese New Year in London? Try Visit London's China in London webpage or the following post from Londonist! Gung Hay Fay Choy!

Out with the Pig, In with the Rat: China in London 2008
By SallyB
Londonist
February 2, 2008

The Chinese New Year Celebrations in Soho are undoubtedly one of the highspots of London’s cultural calendar, and this year there’s a load of extra stuff (some would say hype) going on ‘cos of the Beijing/London Olympic connection. Last year’s ceremonies were the biggest outside China, and this year’s look set to be even more impressive. So here’s a special Londonist round up of where to see and what to do….

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London Daily Photo: Just Looking Out of My Window

London Daily Photo: Just Looking Out of My Window
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Bonhams Urban Art Auction News (Banksy/Graffiti)

Kate Moss Banksy print fetches £96k
Times Online, UK - Feb 6, 2008
The auction signalled another step towards the mainstream for the genre, with 75 pieces of "urban art" in the catalogue. Spray-paint and stencils featured ...Banksy's Chimpanzee Picture Sells for 228000 Pounds (Update1) Bloomberg First auction of 'street art' kicks off in London all 11 news articles »

Urban art enters mainstream
Financial Times, UK - Feb 6, 2008
But now urban art, as practised by its young champions Banksy and Adam Neate, has officially entered the artistic mainstream, with its own auction at ...

Art bucks recession fear
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Feb 6, 2008
Over at Bonhams auction house last night the world's first sale of urban art saw a Banksy screenprint of Kate Moss, a pastiche of Andy Warhol's portrait of ...

First auction of 'street art' kicks off in London
AFP - Feb 6, 2008
Bonhams is planning more auctions of urban art in the future, he added. Last month, a wall painted on by Banksy, depicting a classical-looking artist in ...How Banksy made graffiti popular with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Times Online all 6 news articles »

'I made £20k in three minutes'
BBC News, UK - Feb 6, 2008
We sold it at Bonhams in the world's first urban art auction because we need the money to pay off a debt. We're both practical about it because we've got no ...

Banksy's portrait of Kate Moss sells for US$191000
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Feb 6, 2008
«By definition (urban art) is an ephemeral art form, often disappearing as fast as it appears,» Gareth Williams, senior picture specialist at Bonhams. ...

London Daily Photo: As Seen on Exmouth Market

London Daily Photo: As Seen on Exmouth Market
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Those neglected and iconic old red phone boxes

Although this article is set in Oxford, I think it rings true for London as well.

Who uses phone boxes?
Payphone use has halved in three years, says BT, mainly due to mobile phones. So who still uses them?
By Tom Geoghegan
BBC News Magazine, Oxford
Last Updated: Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 06:26 GMT

Much like the Routemaster bus, the red phone box is associated with an age of innocence, despite the vandalism, the prostitutes' calling cards and the urinating that blighted it.

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Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007

London Daily Photo: Keeping Warm

London Daily Photo: Keeping Warm
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Londonist asks "What's for Lunch?" Petitou

Here's another What's for Lunch? post for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on Tuesdays around noon.

What’s for Lunch? Petitou
By SallyB
Londonist
February 5, 2008

Petitou is terrifically welcoming, with its mismatched tables and chairs, and art and leaflets in equal measures covering the walls: the only BUT about the place is that it can get overbearingly crammed with ‘yummy mummies’ (+ their sprogs) on weekdays. The staff are well-informed, invariably cheerful and endlessly accommodating.

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London Daily Photo: The Waiting is the Hardest Part

London Daily Photo: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Londonist: Takeout Stakeout: Basilico (Islington)

Here's the first in (yet) another series I've started up for Londonist. Stayed tuned for subsequent instalments on the first Monday of the month around 5pm.

Takeout Stakeout: Basilico (Islington)
by Chris Osburn
Londonist
February 4, 2008













... we’re ... happy Basilico exists and will continue to call ‘em up when a little deliverance is needed.

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London Daily Photo: Secure

London Daily Photo: Secure
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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