15 Comments

I find this the work featured very much Emperors New Clothes
hywel
2010-04-28 14:20:04

i find the overall standard of grammar, within web postings, is slowly getting worse
lee
2010-04-28 15:21:23

Great exhibition; loved every minute of it and that man from HigginsonHurst is very friendly indeed. They had some lovely portfolio books that are free - but you need to say hi first.
James Smitters
2010-04-28 16:05:03

hywel - have to say I agree... style (?) over substance.. and certainly over craft/skill/visual strength.
cg-i
2010-04-29 01:05:21

Congrats to all - the show looked great; it was lovely to see the culmination of all their hard work.
Michael
2010-04-29 08:11:50

This exhibition looks great, all the work looks so inspiring.
Thanks for sharing.
Shane
2010-04-29 11:31:18

its always amazing that those not invited to participate in a show are the first to criticise..sour grapes at all!? i went and thought it was incredible. it really opened up a creative field to many people who usually wouldnt be exposed to it..like my parents who are architects and dont go to these events anymore....its incredibly accessible and promotes a really dynamic art scene.
sarah cox
2010-04-29 13:42:55

how do you become a member of the print club?
stu
2010-04-29 16:16:49

@stu

at the bottom of the post there is a click through link to Print Club London's site where you will find out how to join and plenty more info too
 Gavin Lucas
2010-04-29 16:26:08

I've commented before but would like to add that the show was superb. I'm a graduate of several years past from Fine Art Printmaking at Manchester Met in the days when we used oil based inks, water based wasn't around then which made a home screenprinting set-up far less likely. Print Club London and these events in general make the art so much more accessible and understandable and I only wish that these groups had been around 15 years ago. I'm looking forward to many more in the future...!
My own set-up is found here and one day it would be fabulous to be included in a show like Pick Me Up:
http://www.marc-art-in-progress.blogspot.com/
Keep it up!
Marc
2010-04-29 19:40:00

sara - people are allowed to say how they felt about the show - it isn't all sour grapes! ;)

i met mick jones from the band the clash recently - he told me he used to hide jamie reids screens+prints in his grans house under his bed because the police raided mclaren+westwoods shop for his artwork ...imagine that! ...where are the jamie reids of our times?!

i liked some of the work but it wasn't so exciting really and some work did lack substance...james joyce is very talented and i enjoyed some of the collectives work/ethos and i suppose it is accessible which is good.
and yes that guy is very nice - mr hurst ;)
jan
2010-04-30 11:38:56

These fascilities look amazing! Unfortunately there arent more more of them! Does anyone know if there are any in Yorkshire, Leeds specifically?
Amy
2010-04-30 12:29:41

Sarah

It's not sour grapes at all. Some of the work at Print Club is lovely.. but I think the Print Club wall sums up the whole event . I actually found about 80% of the Pick Me Up work somerwhat underwhelming.

The likes of Nobrow, Ville Savimaa, Andy Gilmore & James Joyce shone all the more for the contrast.

There seems to be a fashionable aesthetic at the moment that encourages some pretty dire stuff.. wether it be outsider, childish doodles or some pretty run of the mill vector based work... there is a lot of that kind of stuff about... and I don't think the show was a true representation of the full range of current "graphic" art around.

At the end of the day - I guess it's just a matter of personal taste - and everyone having an opinion. That's fine by me... and for the record - Print Club's ethos rocks - and they are super nice people! :-)
cg-i
2010-04-30 23:03:54

This exhibition looks really great, all the work looks very inspiring.
Jerry
2010-05-03 04:51:55

Just slipped in to see Pick Me Up on the final day and was well worth the visit. Really inspiring to see graphic artists on display and to see some of my favourite designers’ craftwork up close and personal. Makes a nice change from the pixel-versions we usually have to squint at on the small screen.

Rob Ryan’s Open Studio in particular was a lovely idea — the whole thing would make a great permanent/rotating living exhibition… Surely there is a London venue out there that could support the activity? The long queues on my way out suggested there is a strong demand for it.

Lovely display system/identity by Anthony Burrill too.
Ben Brookbanks
2010-05-03 17:56:41

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