Mini Creative Space

A new mini edition of my last book Creative Space is out now. It is exceptionally cute and perfect for public transport perusal.

Spain vs Germany

My last book 'Creative Space' is now out in German (pictured above) and soon in Spanish.

Michael Jackson and other stuff

Michael Jackson died last night. It seemed a fitting time to look at his relationship and inspiration with contemporary art. A still from Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely above.


from Slater Bradley's Doppleganger Triology


Jeff Koons' iconic ceramic

But really its impossible to beat the talent of Michael himself - before the chaos he once made music that made the world a happier place.


For me he's hypnotic.

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On a totally other note Dazed Digital did a lovely spread of photos from Creative Space by the oh so talented Andy Sewell

Creative Praise

Some nice plugs about Creative Space out there. Germany's Style choose some nice spreads as above. It was also in Vogue Living Australia

and was the Evening Standard Book of the Week


Also some places were kind enough to plug my other tomes

7inch.dk did a spread from Hell Bound
http://7inch.dk/blog/fon/2009/02/26/new-gothic-art-by-francesca-gavin/

A Spanish selection from Street Renegades

Reviews

Creative Space getting some more mentions out in the ether

Dazed (with an image of my favourite, Wes Lang's space)


Office's mag (featuring Gary Card's home)

Koh Creatives

Had lots of nice online mentions about Creative Space recently (Here's a sample page from Julie Verhoeven's home) including Acne, Grafik magazine and itsnicethat.com

And I did a four page interview with Terence Koh which is out in the June issue of Elle (British edition)...

Ujino.... and another review

I saw Ujino Munetero do a rare performance at Cafe Oto last night. It was brilliant. He made banana milkshakes purely by the vibration of music he was creating. Definitely catch his show at Hayward Project Space for more DIY instruments.
http://the-rotators.com/


And WGSN picked me out this month for Creative Space.

Beautiful Decay

One of my favourite sites beautifuldecay.com has given Creative Space its first review! Its a brilliant blog affiliated to the increasingly well done Beautiful/Decay magazine.

My book is plugged alongside Keegan McHargue's new book - an artist i've had the pleasure to interview for Art Review and Dazed in the past. I love his work.

Here's what they wrote:

“Creative Space,” takes a look inside the homes of of artists, creative directors, fashion designers etc. You know how dogs supposedly look like their owners? Well many of these artists works and aesthetics are (not surprisingly) reflected in their living spaces as well. For example, Wes Lang who draws from the detritus and relics of Americana kitsch and history within his artworks, lives in a wood paneled apartment in New York surrounded by his his grandfather’s shotgun, odd taxidermied creations and antiques with darker implications.

I could go on, but the book was a really fascinating voyeuristic peek. What I liked too, was that unlike many “house and garden” magazines, many of the artists houses were a bit unkempt, bits of clutter and empty beer cans and works in progress allowed to breath in the rooms, rather than some immaculate standard of perfection or wealth.