HIT THE ROAD

SUITED AND BOOTED FOR THE TRAIN

LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD SHE SAID

ITS SHOWTIME

WE STARTED IN LONDON

AND HIT UP CHELTENHAM BY THE AFTERNOON

AFTER WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH GLOSSY PAGES AND A LOT OF COCONUT WATER AND GINGER CHEWS (THE BOHEMIAN CANDY OF CHOICE)

SOME NOURISHMENT A L'HOTEL (STOMACH LINING) BEFORE 

GETTING A BIT MORE FANCY FOR THE EVENING.

WE LOOK AWFULLY CLEAN (JUST DON'T LOOK AT OUR NAILS)

SPORTING THE FRUITS OF OUR COLLABORATION:

THE DOUBLE A PATTI DRESS

AND 

THE PAINTERS BLOUSE.

PAINTED BY ANTOINETTE'S MAGIC HANDS, AND SEWN INTO GARMENTS BY ALIX OF BOHEMIA.

ACCESSORISED WITH SEQUINS AND FUR RESPECTIVELY.

ONTO THE OPENING

ROBERTA MOORE CONTEMPORARY PRESENTS

RAPTURE

DOUBLE A BOXES

MIXED MEDIA

FLORA, TINY DANCER AND PAISLEY:

STUART SEMPLE'S DEBBIE HARRY IMAGES, ABOVE

LONDON'S LATEST ANSWER TO WARHOL'S SHTICK

AND THE INCREDIBLE TOM DARNELL'S PEONY SERIES BELOW

RUFFLY PINK WAVES OF PINK LEAVES AND POWDERY PINK LUSCIOUSNESS

A LITTLE BATHROOM PHOTO SHOOT, CLUELESS STYLE

WITH ANTISOCIAL AND NARCISSISTIC BEHAVIOURS OUT OF THE WAY, WE MOVE DEEPER INTO THE EXHIBITION, LOAD UP ON SOME MORE CANAPES AND HIT THE BAR

WE THINK THIS IS CALLED HIGH END CAMOUFLAGE

WHERE DOES THE PAINTING START AND ANT BLOUSE END?

ANTOINETTE'S WORKS ON PAPER, GOLDEN DOVES ABOVE

AND THE ARTIST IN THE FLESH IN FRONT OF HER TABLEAUS

AND WE PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK, AND HAVE A FIERY NIGHTCAP AND TOAST EACH OTHER. 

(BEFORE RETREATING TO BED TO WATCH 'WORLDS MOST EMBARRASSING BODIES)

THAT WAS THURSDAY EVENING.

FRIDAY MORNING WAS A MORE HAZY AFFAIR

AND WE PREPARE FOR WHATS NEXT

CHRISTMAS IS COMING.

TO OWN A PIECE OF DOUBLE A GO HERE
TO SEE MORE OF ANTOINETTE'S WORKS GO HERE

EVERY DAY SHOULD BE A HOLIDAY

EVERY YEAR, WE GET PRETTY STUCK INTO THE HIGH HOLIDAYS, AND GATHER AN EXPAT CREW ROUND OUR TABLE FOR A FOOD FEST. PAST THEMES HAVE INCLUDED 'COWBOYS AND INDIANS', 'COME AS YOUR FAVOURITE PILGRIM' AND 'THE MOVEABLE FEAST'

THIS WAS LAST YEAR:

THIS YEAR, WE WENT TO HEAVEN:

SO ANTOINETTE CALLED US ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND SAID

"FORGET THE TURKEY LADY, LET'S COOK THIS CHICKEN WITH 

THE DANDY WARHOLS AND GO TO HEAVEN"

APPARENTLY THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS GAY NIGHTCLUB AND HAUNT OF BOY GEORGE (WE CAN SEE OUR MOTHER BEAMING WITH PRIDE AT OUR CHOICE OF THANKSGIVING VENUE). 

HOW DO WE REFUSE OUR SOMETIMES GIRLFRIEND AND MOSTLY MUSE? WE DON'T. SO WE GOT DRESSED, AND TRADED OUR PILGRIM SHOES FOR OUR PARTY HAT.

THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA CHOMEL BLOUSE IN BLANC DE INDIA,

WITH REQUISITE GROUPIE WEAR:

THE BATHROOM ATTENDANT WAS A PEACH; SHE COMPLIMENTED US ON OUR BOHO BLOUSE, AND THEN KINDLY OFFERED US SOME MINTS AND A SPRITZ OF SOME VERY FANCY PERFUME. 

AND THEN WE DANCED.

IT WASN'T OUR TYPICAL HARVEST CELEBRATION SCENE, BUT SOMETIMES ITS GOOD TO BREAK WITH TRADITION. 

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A YEAR OF REGRESSION, AND REALLY, WHY STOP NOW?

THE DANDY WARHOLS DOING THEIR THING.

AND THERE WAS A PROPOSAL ONSTAGE, AND THE GIRL SAID 'YES' WHICH MUST BE A VERY GOOD THANKSGIVING OMEN INDEED.

OUR HOST, OLLI OF BERLIN CLUB AUCHT MILLIMETER AND ANTOINETTE.

(MERCI OLLI)

OH DANDYS, DID YOU KNOW WE WERE COMING? 

YOU PLAYED OUR ANTHEM:

 YOU CAN'T DUPLICATE OUR EVENING, BUT YOU CAN BUY A BLOUSE JUST LIKE OURS (WHICH IS BETTER, BECAUSE YOU WON'T RUN THE RISK OF BEING THROWN INTO A MIDDLE-AGED MOSH PIT)
TO GET YOUR OWN ALIX OF BOHEMIA CHOMEL BLOUSE- GO HERE.

BOXED

AND SO AFTER WE CRAFTED A DRESS FROM ANTOINETTE'S PAINTED SILK

(SHE WAS CALLED PATTI, THAT'S HER ABOVE)

WE MADE A VERY SMALL VERSION, BY HAND, FROM THE SAME MATERIAL.

AND THEN GYPSY GAVE US AN OLD APOTHECARY DRAWER, IN WHICH WE HAD A LITTLE SPACE TO DREAM AND MEDITATE ON A TINY DANCING FLOATING DRESS. OBJETS AND LITTLE FROZEN GARMENTS, WORKED BY TWO SETS OF HANDS, TO GO BEHIND GLASS. AND THEN THERE WERE THREE:

TINY DANCER

(NOTE THE TEENY TINY SEASHELL BELT LIKE BIG SISTER PATTI)

PAISLEY

(WE GIFTED HER THE ICONS WE'VE BEEN CARRYING IN OUR WALLET SINCE OUR FIRST COMMUNION)

FLORA

(SHE'S A BIT LIKE THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA FLEETWOOD, BUT MADE BETTER WITH BUTTERFLIES)

 A PORTHOLE, A RABBIT HOLE, A MIXED MEDIA MEMORY, THESE THREE:

THEY'LL BE MAKING THEIR RESPECTIVE DEBUTS WITH 

ROBERTA MOORE CONTEMPORARY

AS PART OF THE 'RAPTURE' EXHIBITION OPENING NOVEMBER 29TH.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MAKING OF THE GIRLS HERE.
QUESTIONS? (YEA, US TOO. LIFE IS WEIRD SOMETIMES) ASK HERE

BOXED BUTTERFLIES

WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, WE HAD A RECURRING DREAM OF A BABY IN A BOX.

CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE OF THIS MEMORY WITH ANTOINETTE, WE TOOK SOME OF HER HEAVENLY PAINTED SILK AND CRAFTED TINY DRESSES, TO BE PUT BEHIND GLASS FOR HER NEXT SHOW:

LIKE BOXED BUTTERFLIES

LIKE A BABY OPHELIA