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08 Dec 09
Wacky world of songs and fun
"My granny used to present Children's Hour in the 1930s and had to tell funny stories and sing and my mum was a primary school music teacher," says Virginia, the writer and director of The Christmas Quangle Wangle. Based on the nonsense poetry of Edward Lear, the Christmas show at the Guildhall Theatre invites us to sail away to the land of the Jumblies and enter a wacky world of song and comedy. Derby Telegraph, 7 December 2009.
Based on the nonsense poetry of Edward Lear, the Christmas show at the Guildhall Theatre invites us to sail away to the land of the Jumblies and enter a wacky world of song and comedy.
27 Nov 09
"Heavy Petting" is not too naughty
Local artist Rob McBroom infuses glam-crystals, childhood nostalgia and a hyper-sexed anthropomorphized pussycat at Fox Tax. mndaily.com
Heavy Petting: New Works by Rob McBroom
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are..." exclaims the Owl in Edward Lear's 1871 nonsense poem, The Owl and the Pussycat. While these stanzas likely struck a benevolent tone with 19th-century audiences, Rob McBroom's "Heavy Petting" recasts Owl, Pussycat, and their companions into eerily sensuous settings that drip with references to ad-infused popular culture.
Art: Logos R Us
Minneapolis painter Rob McBroom finds a satirical gold mine in Victorian nonsense verse. StarTribune.com
18 Nov 09
Victorian and British Impressionist Art
Christie’s present a superb array of Victorian & British Impressionist Art Including Drawings & Watercolours to the international market on Wednesday 16 December 2009. Artdaily.org, 17 November 2009.
26 Oct 09
Lear’s nonsense drawings sold in Chichester
THE original drawings that Edward Lear made for his 1846 A Book of Nonsense are now rare, and those that exist are for the most part held in institutional collections. Antiques Trade Gazette, 26 October 2009.
The Poetry of Birds edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee
The poems are set in acres of space which makes the reading experience pleasurable, as does the quality of the book design, right down to the striking red end papers. The only slight deviation is the two illustrations included alongside Edward Lear’s 'Mr and Mrs Spikky Sparrow’. Although they complement the playful tone of the poem, they do seem slightly at odds with the mood of the anthology; although some poems are shot through with humour, death and longing, mystery and revelation are never far away. Telegraph, 25 October 2009.
20 Oct 09
Owl and Pussycat launch RoolaBoola
Two of the best known newlyweds in literature arrived in town to launch this year’s RoolaBoola children’s arts festival at the Linenhall Arts Centre last Friday evening. No strangers to launching things, the Owl and the Pussycat docked their beautiful pea-green boat in Castlebar after a monumental journey back from the land where the Bong-tree grows, stopping off in Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, USA, Italy, Spain and Achill — we know, we’ve seen the postcards they’ve been sending to the Linenhall over the past weeks. Mayo Advertiser, 9 October 2009.
Victoria’s secret: how dancing queen kept amused with self-portrait
Victoria, who had her first drawing lesson at the age of 8, was taught to paint in watercolours by Edward Lear and the landscape painter William Leighton Leitch, although she also received tips from many artists including Edwin Landseer and George Hayter. When Clarkson Stanfield, the artist, saw one of her sketches in Leitch’s studio, not knowing whose it was, he said: “She paints too well for an amateur. She will soon be entering the ranks as a professional artist.” Times Online, 16 October 2009.
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The Upside Down World of Gustave Verbeek brings to light the work of a very early comic strip pioneer. Robot Reviews, 16 October 2009.
09 Oct 09
EDWARD LEAR’S ABSURD-DITTIES
When a company is called the Cosmic Bicycle Theater, you can expect it to offer something unusual. This production by J. E. Cross, called a “puppet-operetta,” combines the fantastical verse of Edward Lear with toy theater, marionettes, projections, household objects and an original score for accordion, strings and percussion. NY Times, 9 October 2009.
06 Oct 09
Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries is planning an exhibition featuring the art of paper engineering in the production of books with moving parts (e.g., peep shows, volvelles, accordion books, pop-up books, etc.) published from15th century to modern times.
How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect
Researchers have long known that people cling to their personal biases more tightly when feeling threatened. New York Times, 6 October 2009
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The philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote that such anomalies produced a profound “sensation of the absurd,”
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Freud, in an essay called “The Uncanny,” traced the sensation to a fear of death, of castration or of “something that ought to have remained hidden but has come to light.”
Theatre productions in the running for major awards
King Pelican, touchingly telling the story of Edward Lear, which was written and directed by Chris Goode, has been nominated in the prestigious Best New Play category. The Herald, 6 October 2009.
Poetic justice: a new book on Tennyson celebrates him in the way he deserves | The Art Newspaer
Freshwater Bay and Farringford in their lovely setting of downs and cliffs and beach, beautifully evoked in drawings by Edward Lear and John William Inchbold. The Art Newspaper, 5 October 2009.
21 Sep 09
Artdaily.org - The First Art Newspaper on the Net
In summer 2010, Tate Britain will collaborate with a host of comic talent to present a ground-breaking exhibition on the role of humour in British visual culture. ArtDaily, 21 September 2009
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Meanwhile, Britain’s love of the absurd and the visionary will be represented by such diverse material as Edward Lear’s illustrations and David Shrigley’s sculpture.
17 Sep 09
Chance to step into West Lancashire's past during Heritage Open Days
Lathom Park Trust kicked off Heritage Open Days weekend with an informative presentation at Lathom Park Chapel from John Knowles on the works of Edward Lear and his connection Lathom Hall and Knowsley Hall. It is likely he taught the Bootle-Wilbraham of Lathom Hall girls how to sketch. Skelmersdale Advertiser, 17 September 2009.
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Lathom Park Trust kicked off Heritage Open Days weekend with an informative presentation at Lathom Park Chapel from John Knowles on the works of Edward Lear and his connection Lathom Hall and Knowsley Hall. It is likely he taught the Bootle-Wilbraham of Lathom Hall girls how to sketch.
08 Sep 09
Sunday Press Turns Comics World "Upside-Down" with New Book on Gustave Verbeek
Sunday Press Books announces the latest in its highly-acclaimed series of comic strip reprints. "The Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek" offers a complete run of the artist's most famous creation and a sampling of his other work in comics and art. Press release,
03 Sep 09
Nicholas Parsons brings Lear poetry to Clwyd Theatr Cymru
NICHOLAS Parsons first fell in love with the work of nonsensical genius Edward Lear thanks to bedtime stories from his dad. North Wales Weekly News, 2 September 2009.
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NICHOLAS Parsons first fell in love with the work of nonsensical genius Edward Lear thanks to bedtime stories from his dad
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