Simon Birch

Hong Kong Art Fair

simonbirch — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:33:32 GMT

If you haven't already been, there's still time, the HK Art fair opened this week and the last day is Sunday. I've been to many art fairs around the world and I can honestly say the HK one i really not bad at all. A very mature show of international stand

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'This Brutal House' Exhibition by Simon Birch

simonbirch — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:09:39 GMT

So I've been away from AND for a little while as I've been working 7 days to finish my new exhibition. You're all invited to the opening. It starts at 6.30 and will go

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one week to go, new show april 18th

simonbirch — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:44:00 GMT

So I've been away from AND for a little while as I've been working 7 days to finish my new exhibition.
It opens next Friday and you're all invited to the opening. It starts at 6.30 and will go on until late, then there's a big after party next doo

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work work work...

simonbirch — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:27:00 GMT

It never ends. I'm working on 4 different projects at the moment including a very big installation project for Hong Kong in April. This will be at a huge warehouse space in Chai Wan and will have film, paintings, performance and all kinds of odd things

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old skool

simonbirch — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:45:00 GMT

many years ago, before i became a respectable artist, i was a very naughty artist as well as being a DJ and rave promoter (Way Out East). Over Xmas I found all these old shots I took of graffiti I'd done around Hong Kong. I've never shown them befor

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pow pow

simonbirch — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:37:47 GMT

it's 7 am in HK. I'm up early because the last few days I've been in Hokkaido, Japan, up a mountain called Niseko, throwing myself down it on a snowboard. After getting up every day so early to get on the gondolas first, i'm now in the habit of being up e

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Press

simonbirch — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:12:54 GMT

Being in the press is an odd experience. I'm not really famous but seem to have been in the media a few times recently. The thing about being a painter is that you always feel that your work should do the talking and that me, and my personal life, are not

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just a little extra blog

simonbirch — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:08:00 GMT

This is just a short one. Last week Louis Vuitton put my work up in the store. I won the Asian Art Award sponsored by LV and as part of the PR they had a huge dinner at Four Seasons then an in store cocktail party. It was a low key affair and I only me

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Show and Tell

simonbirch — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:16:25 GMT

Well, I keep getting emails from AND saying 'the last time you did a blog was....', so feeling obligated to write something. This last month I've basically been locked in my studio painting away day by day as I prepare for the next couple of exhibitions (

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back to work in HK

simonbirch — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:35:33 GMT

Thought this might be of interest, been back a week and dived straight into work. This is what I do day to day in HK, go to my studio and paint. Here's the progress of one piece I've been working on, finished today. It took about 6 days working between 8-

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