This is one of the latest exhibitions on offer at the Haunch of Venison London.    After listening to an interview with Polly Morgan yesterday on Radio 4 we are definately popping down to the HOV to check this exhibition out.

It looks amazing - as you can see with the chandelier sculpture below. We have our own small piece of taxidermy in the shop 'CCTV hawk' and find the whole process really interesting.

The HOV blurb "Psychopomps is Polly Morgan's first solo exhibition with Haunch of Venison. It consists of four suspended taxidermy sculptures, each poised between metamorphosis and flight. Named Psychopomps after the mythical creatures that conduct souls into the after-life, their historical representation includes Hermes and Charon from Greek mythology, the Valkyries from Norse myth, Anubis the jackal-headed Egyptian God, and in various cultures, horses, bees, birds and shamans."

Has anyone been already?

Team OS.

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This weekend the London Festival of Architecture launched

Our personal highlights include:

- Sky Bike Ride Architecture tour: Remodelling of Old Housing Estates with Wayne Hemingway starting at our local piece of Brutalist Architecture the Brunswick Centre.

- As part of the 'Love your Street' campaign there is a street party on Wicklow Street near Kings Cross hosted by Squire & Partners - here is their blogspot http://wicklowstreetparty.blogspot.com/

- At the V&A museum the 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition - Using the landscape of the Museum as a test site, the V&A invited nineteen architects to submit proposals for structures that examine notions of refuge and retreat. From these nineteen concept submissions, seven were selected for construction at full-scale.

Let us know if there is anything else you have seen worth checking out!

Team OS.

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"Whether you're after furniture, lighting, jewellery, fashion accessories, ceramics or silverware, there's Cockpit Arts creative with quirky and quality products to fit the bill.' Time Out

The Cockpit Arts centre just around the corner from us here at Lambs Conduit Street are holding an open studios evening this weekend.  You have the oppurtunity to purchase unusual and distinctive pieces that you wouldn't find on the high street and there will also be  a pop-up cafe from our favourite neighbour deli Kennards.

Opening hours: Friday 11th June 6-9pm, Sat 12th & Sun 13th June 11am-6pm

Cockpit Yard, Northington Street, London, WC1N 2NP

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This exhibition at Tate Britain opens tomorrow.  It is exploring British comic art from the 1600s to the present day.  Bringing together a wide array of paintings, sculptures, film and photography, as well as graphic art and comic books, the exhibition celebrates a rich history of cartooning and visual jokes.

As a big fan of Harry Hill's TV burp I was delighted to find out that there is an absurd room  curated by Harry... if you have 5 mins and fancy a laugh you can read more here in the Tate Etc Magazine where Harry talks about his own art work such as 'The descent of Chris Tarrant into Hell' and 'Is Progress Really Neccessary?'

There is  a comedy art forum talk Thursday 15 July 2010, 19.00–22.30 at Tate Britain from Harry Hill, Shawn Lock & Gail Tuesday.

Definately worth checking out. Back to a rainy Tuesday now...

Catherine x

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