Category: Art and Photography

Perhaps not immediately recognisable as the work of the infamous pop artist, these beautifully framed shoe prints are indeed by Andy Warhol.

There are two prints available, each featuring a vintage-looking shoe with a famous saying with the word “shoe” inserted. The pink and blue court shoe print bears the words “you can lead a shoe to water, but you can’t make it drink” whilst the pointy green and yellow shoe print has the words “shoe bright, shoe light, the first shoe I’ve seen tonight”.

They are finished in a vintage white frame and are available to buy from Heal’s for £125. You can buy the prints unframed elsewhere on the internet, if you want to recreate the look yourself.

We’re always on the look out for contemporary artists with a retro twist – and that certainly includes Maria Rivens.

You can check out her work at both the gallery and online presence of Brighton’s Ink’d Gallery. You’ll find collage-like art inspired by the 40s and 50s films she watched as a child, with a bit of sci-fi and the modern day thrown in for good measure. Indeed, these 3D-style pictures aren’t a million miles away from the work Peter Blake is currently producing – and with the same attention to detail.

You can check out the full range of work online at Ink’d, but as an example, the one-off Colour Of Love above is sized at 34 x 44cm and is available to buy for £630.

Find out more at the Ink’d Gallery website

From 16 October 2008 to 31 March 2009, London Transport Museum will be hosting a retrospective of a hundred years of outstanding posters design for London’s transport system.

Entitled “The Art of the Poster – A Century of Design", the exhibition will bring together 60 original posters along with photographs, letters, concept sketches and artist’s materials to trace the history of London Underground’s championing of design from the first poster commission in 1908.

The exhibition will be supported by a series of talks and event, and a book to accompany the exhibition will also be available. Further information can be found on the London Transport Museum’s website.

On the look out for some new art? Well, Retro To Go favourite Swifty is showing off his work this weekend – and you’re more than welcome to drop by, say hello and check out his latest pictures.

The show is part of the hotel-based Red Dot Art Fair, taking place from 16th to the 19th October. You’ll find Swifty and his work in room 139 at the Radisson Edwardian Grafton, 130 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 5AY.

And you’ll be able to check out a new installation called Swifty’s Newsagents (a homage to Peter Blake’s toy shop), along with new silkscreens and the artist’s latest Camo art. We might well see you there.

Find out more at the Swifty website

More on the Red Dot Art Fair

Vintage Image have a small selection of interesting photographic prints dating from the 1800s up to the 1970s. They have a stock of original negatives, which are put through a drum scanner and then used to create a giclee print of exceptionally high quality.

Pictured here is the Showgirls print which dates back to the 1940s and captures a group of showgirls getting ready to entertain the troops. This is being offered as a limited edition of 50 prints which cost £295 framed. Other notable images include a lady in chains fro the fifties and a fully clothed couple in a bath from the sixties.

Each print is specifically made to order so they can take up to 3 weeks to deliver. View the whole range and order via My Deco.