Posted: 07:46 am | 15 Nov 2006
© Marcus Leith, Installation shot, Cerith Wyn Evans, take my eyes and through them see you, 2006
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Ornithology of evil
Date: 9 October 2006
Sinister birds and ill-omened oracles abound.
Has the ICA started an artworld trend in fiendish magpies? Following the installation of Cerith Wyn Evans' Please pay attention motherfucker, a lone stuffed magpie on a branch that haunts the lower concourse (affectionally known around the building as just 'motherfucker'), we notice that Jamie Shovlin's new show at Artsway features a plate called Evil Bastard the Magpie. Lone magpies as harbingers of bad luck and all, but this seems a bit much. Perhaps it's all being orchestrated by the evil magpie queen?
It gets more worrying when you notice that with Friday the 13th nearly upon us, as of today Newcastle United are occupying the thirteenth position in the Premiership table.
I'm staying in on Friday.
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Brian Healy
What happened Danny? Did hiding under the duvet work? Or did the motherfucker still find you? We must know!
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