Blog: Reviews

2 December 2010

Horse play

Horse play

john ridpath

Eadweard Muybridge’s miscellaneous acts of captured motion
In ‘Adventures in Motion Graphics’ in Eye 77, we explored how time-based picture taking (in…

25 November 2010

Spinning, swirling, reeling

Spinning, swirling, reeling

This history of mind-altering drugs favours the eye over the brain
‘High Society’, the Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition, aims to chart a 2000-year history of mind-altering…

12 November 2010

À la mode

À la mode

chris brawn

The 50-year career of Hollywood’s greatest costume designer, Edith Head
The voracious appetite of the publishing industry often results in monographs being issued before the…

4 November 2010

Symphonic scrawl

Symphonic scrawl

john l. walters

777 classical music album covers from the collection of Dr Horst Scherg
A copy of Classique: Cover Art for Classical Music arrived in the Eye office too…

2 November 2010

Flatpack monuments

Flatpack monuments

sally jeffery

A cat’s-eye view of the art of architectural paper modelling
The maddest cardboard object in the Museum of Childhood’s ‘Cut It, Fold It’ exhibition is…

28 October 2010

Penguins with attitude

Penguins with attitude

john l. walters

Illustrative wrecks and rescues at the publisher’s New York office.
Despite its celebratory title and retro cover design, Penguin 75 is actually a book about…

22 October 2010

Catch them before they vanish

Catch them before they vanish

alison bakker

Taking a close look at Ken Garland’s little photo books
After the success of his previous set of books, writes Alison Bakker, Ken Garland (see…

13 October 2010

Due process

Due process

jan middendorp

Porto plays host to an inspiring AGI Open conference
This year’s AGI (Alliance Graphique International) conference is taking place in Porto, a spectacular yet…

4 October 2010

Vive la pernque rerque!

Vive la pernque rerque!

roger sabin

French punk collective Bazooka have their first British retrospective
The Bazooka show at The Aubin Gallery in London’s East End is the first time…

21 September 2010

Streets ahead

Streets ahead

simon esterson

Vevey’s ‘Images’ festival celebrates photography in and out of the gallery
During September, the Swiss town of Vevey has been host to ‘Images’, its second festival…
 
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