Unforgivably Mine

Saturday, 28 May 2011

ART: Free For All (Rekindle Public Arts)

ART: FREE FOR ALL Private View Saturday 28th May 2011 5-8PM

Leo Cohen will be exhibiting a new sculptural installation with Rekindle Public Arts.

(Show on until Sunday June 5th 2011).

click flyer to expand official invite

Leo Cohen

"Tread Softly Because You Tread On My Dreams"

Mixed-Media Sculptural Installation

2011

Dualities; Two Swallows collide into one Swallow.
Shoes/heels. Male and/or Female. Androgyny. Two Lovers. Sexuality.
..."But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams".

e: info@theleocohen.com
w: www.theleocohen.com
b: http://leocohenvisualartist.blogspot.com

Monday, 2 May 2011

Leo Cohen at House of Fairytales: Onedayland

"Pencil Sharpener" (previously exhibited with rekindle public arts) has been invited to exhibit at The House of Fairytales Onedayland Festival this Saturday.

House of Fairytales is proud to present "The Onedayland Festival" organised by eco-artists collective PLOT.

Divided into individual spaces and installations Onedayland is a community festival consisting of a temporary (one-day) eco-village in the heart of London with each plot a unique space to experience for children accompanied by adults. Young participants can share their dreams for the future, exploring installations by new artists whilst being entertained by regular House of Fairytales contributors.

Established by the artists Deborah Curtis and Gavin Turk, The House of Fairy Tales is a child-centred artist led project which draws on an extensive team of artists, performers, writers, educationalists, designers, musicians, film makers, dreamers and philosophers to create magical, parallel worlds where learning is play and play is directed learning.
Operating across a number of formats from workshops, publishing, advocacy and education packs, The House of Fairy Tales is about making education inclusive, inventive and fun.

www.houseoffairytales.org
http://onedaylandfestival.wordpress.com/contributors/
www.theleocohen.com

House of Fairy Tales have appeared in: Thames Festival, Camp Bestival, Glastonbury Festival, Tate Modern and many others.

WHEN: Saturday 7 May 2011 12-5pm
WHERE: 46 New Broad St, London, EC2M

Thursday, 28 April 2011

Swallow/s P&S Continued Work-In-Progress

Here, I'm applying plaster coats over a dry PVA coating on the main section of the swallows

Now one can see the plaster still drying in various parts

Before working further on it, I left it to dry for over a day.

Now I am sanding the surface so that it is smoother in parts. It will never be perfect as the original roc had a lot of grooves. But I don't think it should be perfectly smooth, otherwise If I did, I would have made it from resin or better, fibreglass.

I like the smoothness and roughness in the texture. The coating of plaster also removes the holes that can be left in the mod roc.

More waterproofing to follow...