Showing posts with label Peter Blake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Blake. Show all posts

Monday, 17 January 2011

Museum of Everything

The Museum of Everything is giving the public a rare glimpse into the world of a British Pop Art Pioneer.

'I began my collecting when I started in the Junior Art Department at Gravesend School of Art when I was 14. There was a junkyard next to the station and on my first visit I bought a set of leather-bound Shakespeare, a papier maché tray and a painting of the Queen Mary that happened to be a kind of outsider art, and it all started from there.'
-Sir Peter Blake

We took a tour for ourselves. Checked it all out. Risking life and limb and PENALTY OF DEATH sneaking a few photos for you.





Hopefully it's worth it and you check the show out for yourself!







Personal favorites:
  • a tiny fairground which comes to life every 15 minutes past the hour
  • taxidermy tableaux of a squirrel on squirrel boxing match
  • antique carousal horses and motorbikes



    Did you know he designed the sleeve for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

    The show's been held over for an extra 5 weeks! The show comes highly recommended by the Conquer team so head on over to The Museum of Everything and check it out for yourselves.

    Check out the review inTime Out!
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