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

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

ALL'S FAIR

OUR SOUL SISTER IS SHOWING IN BATTERSEA AND SO WE THREW ON A JUMPSUIT (NO SURPRISE THERE) AND RAN ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO CELEBRATE HER SELL-OUT SERIES.

OH DARLING ANTOINETTE, TAKE A BOW LADYBIRD:

DRINK YOUR WINE VALENTINE, HEAVEN KNOWS YOU'VE EARNED IT. 

WE KNOW WE BRAG ABOUT HER ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'RE LUCKY DUCKS TO HAVE HER IN OUR CIRCLE, AS A MUSE  AND COLLABORATOR. 

AND THEN ANTOINETTE FURTHER FLATTERS US BY WEARING 

OUR ALIX OF BOHEMIA FLEETWOOD DRESS IN FALLING SNOW CHIFFON

PITCH PERFECT CHIFFON SPOTS WITH GREEN BOOTS AND A FLOWER BELT, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT BETTER OURSELVES

 WHEN YOU WEAR THE FLEETWOOD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A STEVIE NICKS MOMENT

SPORTING THE LIESL JUMPSUIT WITH OUR FAVOURITE TRANSYLVANIA VEST

AND TRYING NOT TO BREAK ANYTHING.

(WE DAMN NEAR TOOK OUT SOME CERAMICS WITH OUR MASSIVE TRAVELING BAG)

 ITS A GOOD THING SHES MARRIED WITH BAMBINOS, BECAUSE WE'D PROBABLY STEAL HER AWAY AND MAKE HER PAINT FABRIC FOR ALL OF ETERNITY.

ANTOINETTE'S WORKS AT THE SHOW: HEAVY ON THE SKULLS, ON PAPER, IRIDESCENT NUANCE AND DELICATE COAL LINES,

JUST THE WAY WE LIKE IT.

BRAVO CHERIE.

DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT, GO AND VISIT ANTOINETTE AND LES AUTRES AT THE ART FAIR

(ROBERTA MOORE CONTEMPORARY, BOOTH H11 TO BE EXACT)

WE JUST REMEMBERED ITS FRIDAY- HOORAY! HAPPY WEEKEND HIPPIES AND HOOLIGANS.

WANT A FLEETWOOD DRESS OF YOUR OWN? GO HERE