Art finds a way: How creatives prosper against the odds in London
13 March 2020 • Eric Thorp
“Most people just stop making art after art school, because you have to work your arse off in London to just live here,”
Author: Eric Thorp
Eric Thorp is a writer and curator based in London. @thorpstavri
ART PROOF podcast episode 5: Richie Culver
29 October 2019 • Eric Thorp
Art Proof is a podcast conceived and hosted by arts journalist Eric Thorp, curator and project coordinator Nicholas Stavri and painter Rowan Newton.
Sugar Mountain: An Ode to London’s Silvertown – Opening This Month
3 September 2019 • Eric Thorp
SUGAR MOUNTAIN explores work by Mike Ballard, Thomas van Linge, Samuel Padfield, Anna Reading, Catriona Robertson and Christopher Stead in response to the transitory space that The Silver Building affords.
The Art of Rave: why contemporary art loves rave
16 April 2019 • Eric Thorp
30 years after the second Summer of Love, rave culture’s influence still looms large in music, fashion, art and culture….
ART PROOF podcast episode 2: Mike Ballard
25 February 2019 • Eric Thorp
The Art Proof podcast is back with its second episode.
Art Proof is a podcast focusing on individuals who’ve often taken an unorthodox path into art, such as recent RA shortlisted performance artist John Costi.
Nothing to joke about: why cartoons are still vital to contemporary art
16 January 2019 • Eric Thorp
Over the last century cartoons and their cultural iconography have been used as a means of relaying important messages in art.
Rammellzee: A Roll of Dice
25 November 2018 • Eric Thorp
There are very few artists that could claim to be truly original and even fewer that could prove it, but no truer a word could be said than when referring to Rammellzee.
ART PROOF podcast episode 1: John Costi
23 September 2018 • Eric Thorp
Art Proof is a new art podcast conceived and hosted by arts journalist Eric Thorp, creative project coordinator Nicholas Stavri and painter Rowan Newton.
INTERVIEW: Lucas Dupuy – Incunable
15 June 2018 • Eric Thorp
Lucas Dupuy is a painter whose work bucks the current trends in abstract painting to create something strikingly original. His stark, brutalist-style paintings stand in contrast against the brightly coloured, ambiguously blobby, comic abstraction favoured by many painters of his generation.
INTERVIEW: Joel Kyack – HOLD ON TIGHTLY / LET GO LIGHTLY
14 January 2018 • Eric Thorp
Joel Kyack is an artist from Los Angeles whose work is a constant flow of reimagined themes, methodology and media, used to create a harmoniously imperfect improvisation
INTERVIEW: Blondey McCoy – Us and Chem
8 August 2017 • Eric Thorp
Blondey McCoy is an artist, designer and skateboarder who at just 20 has realised that there is more to life than the cycle of excess and the self awareness caused by social media. In fact, he (unlike so many of his peers) thinks it is a destructive influence.
Interview: Above The Clouds With The Estate Agents
12 July 2017 • Eric Thorp
Estate Agents is a collaborative project between artists Andrew Gillman, Maeva Berthelot and Ivan Bliminse, which celebrates the rich histories and stories these spaces hold, whilst also documenting the crisis they face.
Mark Leckey – Affect Bridge Age Regression
6 July 2017 • Eric Thorp
There is a ghostly nostalgia to Mark Leckey’s current show at Cubitt gallery. His latest self analytical exploits arrive in the wake of an extensive survey exhibition, at MoMA PS1 late last year, and revert back to a smaller scale extension in to his exploration of memory and skewed reality.
Interview: Sean Rennison Phillips
29 September 2016 • Eric Thorp
It’s rare for an artist to develop a meaningful autodidactic practice; especially when such large emphasis is placed on education and the following of the correct channels to establish oneself as a legitimately received artist.
Preview: The Performance Studio Season Launch
14 September 2016 • Eric Thorp
Tonight The Nines, in Peckham plays host to the launch of The Performance Studio’s Autumn/Winter Season with Performances From Parisian artist Arianne Foks and London based artist John Costi.
Talking Shop With JAKE CHAPMAN
30 August 2016 • Eric Thorp
Jake Chapman’s willingness to answer my questions relating to it all be it with responses coated with a degree of disdain and facetiousness was surprising.
FAD Film Exclusive: PETRO 43 3/4
1 June 2016 • Eric Thorp
Petro’s fine art practice carries a strong graffiti aesthetic and incorporates the obsessive traits synonymous with the culture but at the same time doesn’t tarnish it or make it feel out of place.
Interview: XL Catlin Art Guide 2016 Artists Joseph Ball and Rebecca Ackroyd
22 January 2016 • Eric Thorp
Read interviews with two of the artists from this year’s XL Catlin Art Guide
The passing of Chris Burden #ArtThing2015
2 January 2016 • Eric Thorp
Eric Thorp What’s your ArtThing of 2015?
REVIEW : The Performance Studio – Talk, So I Can See You
5 December 2015 • Eric Thorp
As performance art grows in popularity, with a new generation of artists, eager to push boundaries and traverse new territory, we check out a new platform which is aiming to develop and nurture artists and their practice.
REVIEW: Nástio Mosquito – The Age I Don’t Remember
10 November 2015 • Eric Thorp
Nástio Mosquito is quickly becoming one of the most hotly tipped, young stars of contemporary art. His practice traverses video and music, performance and installation…
REVIEW: Mark Leckey – Dream English Kid 1964 – 1999 AD
4 November 2015 • Eric Thorp
Mark Leckey’s work is so important.
EXCLUSIVE Interview : Paa Joe, The Godfather of The Fantasy Coffin
17 October 2015 • Eric Thorp
This week Somerset House has played host to the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair which showcases the worlds most interesting artists and galleries at the forefront of contemporary African art.