Sigmar Polke

I was shocked to hear that Sigmar Polke died on the 10th of this month.

Just finished the cover for Art... and that. I'm really pleased with it, but I've been struggling with it for the past few days, so I'm not cool to look at it again anytime soon, let alone blog it. Imagine Peter Blake's cover for Sgt, Pepper's with artworks instead of people. This one's in there, as a tribute.

We are all Bourgeois Now

For Louise Bourgeois.

Modern Masters was a joy to watch over the past few weeks, but perhaps now it's time for the BBC to earn my licence fee and give us (post)Modern Mistresses, Louise Bourgeois, Fida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Cindy Sherman, Käthe Kollwitz, Jenny Saville, Kiki Smith, ah there's loads. My point isn't just to even the playing field, but Modern Masters aimed (at times) to blow away the artist as hero myth, through it's narrative but served merely to strengthen that point of view. Ah, what do I know? The Picasso one was canny though.