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Why has the artist painted scenes of bloodletting, decapitation and a woman with 10,000 breasts? He’s scared to talk about it – but he can explain his fascination with vaginas and the world’s blackest black<br>

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As the vast Giant gallery opens in a former department store, the English seaside town is hoping to rival Margate, Hastings …and even Santa Monica

Helen Stiles Published: 6:12 PM May 17, 2021    Stuart Semple is asking people to enter the Marvellous Memory Machine and share their Bournemouth stories - Credit: Stuart Semple Internationally renowned conceptual artist Stuart Semple has launched a major project to preserve local memories from his home town of Bournemouth. Semple is one of the UK’s leading post YBA (Young British Artists) names, known for his Happy Cloud performance from Tate Modern, where he flooded the London skyline w...

Bobby & Co opened in Bournemouth Square in May 1915 but became Debenhams in 1972. Verve say the iconic building will be restored as closely as possible to its original architectural splendour and the company is intent on "securing local and socially conscious brands to work with, to ensure that the regeneration has a positive impact." The first elements of the new store will open in mid-July, with more throughout the year and into 2022. First will be Bobby’s Beauty Hall, a traditional...

LOVETONE, composed of 16 million pixels representing every digital color in existence. No two pixels in the digital piece are the same, resulting in what Semple is referring to as “the world’s most colorful color.” When zoomed out, the individual colors are made invisible to the naked eye, merging together into what looks like a grey square. But upon zooming in, LOVETONE‘s vibrant array of colorful tiles become visible. The result is an entirely unique color never created before. “Ha...

BBC News By Victoria Gill image captionProf Xiulin Ruan with a sample of his "ultra-white" paint Scientists in the US have developed a paint significantly "whiter than the whitest paint currently available". Tests carried out by researchers at Purdue University on their "ultra-white" paint showed it reflected more than 98% of sunlight. That suggests, the scientists say, that it could help save energy and fight climate change. Painting "cool roofs" white is an energy-saving approach already b...

Stuart Semple multiple disciplinary artist talks to Artlyst candidly about his new art gallery Giant in Bournemouth

While there’s no substitute for the magic of being in the actual presence of great artwork, the advent of COVID-19 has encouraged us to diversify the way we consume and experience art. As galleries, art institutions, and museums around the world have been forced to pivot towards digital exhibitions, it’s created opportunities for a greater number of people to access culture. A virtual exhibition has the scope for bringing together works of art that would otherwise be unlikely to ever inhabi...

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