and that'll be that

who can say where we'll be with covid and its manifestations by the time we get to here. i restarted posting for the initial lockdown thinking, foolishly, that it'd be a short term thing. the way things are looking i could post for the same time again and we'll still be living the after effects of covid! that said my numbers are back to what they were pre lockdown so it's time to call a halt.

so, never say never, but i think that's about it for me here. the blogosphere has changed fundamentally since i started doing this and, by any standard, is much less interactive (and interesting as a result i think) than it once was which, i guess, goes along with the development of social media generally. along with blogger changing their format yet again i'm just not comfortable with it.

what's been great about the whole thing is maintaining a regular practice of looking for, looking at and listening to new music and new art. unlike the like and move on culture of social media actually taking a bit of time, getting myself out of my comfort zone, my areas of linguistic and cultural familiarity have not only improved my appreciation but contributed to what i'm doing myself.

i can't recommend that process enough.....

slift

yussef kamaal

jennifer lara

lido pimienta

zhuang hong yi

zhuang hong yi - just fabulous

rob plattel

if i was going to change my practice and fill my house with objects this is what they'd look like. i feel better that people like rob plattel are out making stuff in the world

goto hidehiko

yet again, not much re goto hidehiko online but lots of images - the simplicity and use of space and colour are just lovlely

wang huaiqing

abstracts of furniture - wang huaiqing's got you covered

nestor toro

a last joyous blue monday from nestor toro

fatoumata diawara

king gizzard & the lizard wizard

the babe rainbow

rl burnside

yukie nakano

perhaps there's more detail on yukie nakano on the non-english speaking part of the web. what there is for the anglos is sparse and not always well atributed which is a shame because these are delicate, lovely and deserve more attention.

jiri anderle

i really enjoy the fragmented, abstracted nature of jiri anderle's work which, for me, seems more representational

public service broadcasting

kokoroko afrobeat collective

shinji ando

not much biographical detail on shinji ando but an abundance of images on the likes of pinterest, absolutely worth a look.

emily sladen

no textile art on here for ages so here's emily sladen

monkey majik

club des belugas

jean corti

son rompe pera

benon lutaaya

benon lutaaya's paintings are amazing. absolutely have a google

irene mckenzie

i love the design and colour in these botanical images from irene mackenzie

matazo kayama

can't go wrong looking at the work of matazo kayama - i love the sensation of movement, and the tranquillity

david parfitt

there seems something apposite in david parfitt's images of england right now. evocative but the use of monochrome speaking to something deeper

art hansen

not the first time on here for art hansen but couldn't look past this

little big

the hatters

para one

red fang

miguel vallinas

another simple looking idea from miguel vallinas but executed with such precision and detail that every image is compelling

vilde rolfson

i adore these from vilde rolfson. so simple, yet different and at the same time a straight up message about the environment

christian tagliavini

can't remember where it was but i said i couldn't resist an image with a big hat. loving these by christian tagliavini

georgy kepes

i'm never ging to complain about something that loks like a fulgurite so these from georgy kepes definitely fit the bill and he did so much more besides

albarran cabrera

this image doesn't begin to capture the scope of what the duo albarran cabrera get up to. definitely worth a browse!

travelers all stars

las ligas menores

sonic youth

meat wave

koichi yamamoto

i love the fact that koichi yamamoto has set up his printing press in his living room. these ar complex, challenging images that reward the time spent with them.

joselito sabogal

joselito sabogal has little in the way of web presence other than a massive array of mesmerizing images online, can't ask for better than that.

curtis mayfield

irreversible entanglements

sergio cerchi

i'm not going to lie, sergio cerchi's images aren't amongst my favourites but i find his structure and the way he gets his paint down quite enthralling

zao wou ki

red on a monday. zao wou ki hits the spot

the andrew loog oldham orchestra

kikagaku moyo

ryley walker

amerigo gazaway

viktor ehikhamenor

viktor ehikhamenor is one of those artists for me that you happen upon and all of sudden you realise you've had a perceptual shift. plus he works in lines but massively bolder than me. and, without wanting to lapse too much into politics (tho his words on damien hirst remain apposite), it's great to see a successful artist from anywhere in africa who hasn't had to migrate to the uk or america.

bobby oroza

hidden orchestra

goroh tagawa

it seems like ages since i've had a text based artist on here but goroh tagawa fits the bill nicely whether it's actually text or asemic imagery. this is a feast

naomi tydeman

i'm not a big fan of more representational landscapes, which naomi tydeman does as well, butwhen she's just on the edge of abstraction i find her work sublime. great skills!

albert koetsier

this type of x-ray representation has become more common in recent years but i don't think you can go wrong with a decent image from nature of a monday and albert koetsier does it perfectly!

visioneers

al massrieen

chocolate elvis

david walters

victor ekpuk

victor ekpuk - a melange of graphics, asemic writing, colour. fascinating!

njideka akunyili crosby

has njideka akunyili crosby on here before - still one of my favourite portraitists

kraak & smaak

ksenija sidorova and thomas gould

ashley mckenzie

ashley mckenzie - her sense of movement is just sublime. on my best day i couldn't capture what she appears do to so effortlessly!

april bey

i'd absolutely recommend checking out more about april bey, really, really interesting artist.

melingo

concha buika

ann peebles

alice russell

kunihiro amano

there's always corvid love here so here's this from kunihiro amano

abdoulaye aboudia diarrassouba

there's an energy in aboudia's that really reminds me of marc basquait. and i'm very good with that!

laurent garnier

ray charles

astrid fitzgerald

she likes her geometry does astrid fitzgerald and that suits me just fine, as well as a sort of old school formalism in her approach to colour which i can't argue with!

tamara natalie madden

there's something otherworldly about tamara natalie madden's work. i want to copy some of these to get an iudea of how she makes her shapes and gets her colours down. and, obviously, i'm loving all those wee motifs

biche

sebastiAn

lance ferguson

derdimi dokersem

michelle mckinney

as ever, it's artists who do something i just couldn't do on my best day that always catch my eye and michelle mckinney does just that

isabelle malmezat

 isaid the other day i didn't much care for images of animals so decided that was as good as an excuse as any to challenge that so here's this from isabelle malmezat, which is a horse, but only just (i think i was scarred early by pics of horses!). i really like the way she gets the colour down.

ben webster

feist

pascal laloy

feeling like something calming today and this, by pascal laloy, fits the bill just nicely

thabo motseki

every so often i'll come across an artist that just opens my eyes to a whole new set of perspectives. such is thabo motseki. i'm astonished he isn't better known, especially in these internet days, rather than having to go and live in america or europe.

aria from goldberg variations

sufjan stevens

el trio matamoros

duj sandale

hiromi nishizaka

i'm just realising i'm not a big fan of pictures of animals but i do like this one. it's attributed to hiromi nishizaka which i find difficult to believe as it's so different from everything else he's done (and not for me at all!). put me right if you know better

virginie demont-breton

it's not often i go old school with the imagery here but i was really taken by this by virginie demont-breton. there's a van gogh connection to the time period she was painting here if you care to google. (no clues - it's not difficult!)

satanicpornocultshop

shaka ponk

andrey surnov

andrey surnov is another whose website is mostly in russian so i can't find it. this image is atypical (it's attributed to him) but i love the weeds

li huayi

this bit of peace from li huayi is just what i need of a monday morning

elmer food beat

setenta

bumcello

quantic soul orchestra

olga and sergei kammenoy

olga and sergei kammenoy don't apear to have an internet presence in english but they're all over google. and with good reason. copy. paste. browse. if this is the sort of thing you like - this is the sort of thing you'll like

boris indrikov

i don't know where the world boris indrikov inhabits in his head lies but i know i want to go there

igorrr

hiroshima

adolfo arenas alonso

of all the images i've seen in the last month these by adolfo arenas alonso are the ones i'm taken with the most. i adore their quirkiness but also, as he's from andalucia where i have close friends from, there's a certain something that speaks to where they're from 

miho harano

i wouldn't normally go for images like those of miho hirano but i really like the way she uses blue and the dream like quality of her pictures. beyond that she has nor internet presence so nothing else to tell!

fatoumata diawara

lido pimienta

the babe rainbow

big wild

megan mcglynn

try as i might i've never been at home with this geometric style. clearly then i'm loving this from megan mcglynn

sophie rocco

sophie rocco's just about where i'd like to be in terms of representation. and i love her textures

blessus

ttrruuces

george underwood

i did not know george underwood was a collaborator with david bowie. i just know him from his paintings of women in hats. which are just sublime.