The L-13 MANGéL PrESS Presents
The Billy Childish Original Painting vs Mangled Woodcut WIN WIN Prize Draw
WIN an original Billy Childish painting worth £8,000 by buying a woodcut worth £200 for just £50!!
L-13 Light Industrial Workshop
Private Ladies & Gentlemen's Club for Art, Leisure & the Disruptive Betterment of Culture
The L-13 MANGéL PrESS Presents
The Billy Childish Original Painting vs Mangled Woodcut WIN WIN Prize Draw
WIN an original Billy Childish painting worth £8,000 by buying a woodcut worth £200 for just £50!!
We have been busy digging through the archives and have unearthed some RARE gems for a special auction hosted by Catawiki.
For more info on the lots and how it came about read on below for Steve Lowe’s interview with Abby from Catawiki.
Click here to view the L-13 archive items up for auction, and place bids before Monday 3rd of July.
The best things made at L-13 are either heinously misunderstood or woefully unrecognised.
Continue reading “The World-Famous Harry Adams Patented Finger of God Painting Machine”
In writing about the Situatiuonists (see previous post) I am reminded of one of my favourite ART HATE poster What is ART HATE? and possibly the best exhibition we ever did at L-13: Storm of Defence: or, What is ART HATE and Other Cuntish Questions.
The poster came first and is based on the story of the Situationists coming to London to give a presentation at the ICA in 1960. When the floor was opened to questions the first one demanded to know what, exactly, is Situationism.
Guy Debord retorted in French:
“We are not here to answer cuntish questions” to which the Situationists walked out and went to the bar.
Continue reading “What is ART HATE and Other Cuntish Questions”
New Jamie Reid prints coming soon – released on the occasion of L-13 participating in counterculture fair Cultural Traffic NY, Sunday 7th May.
Welcome to the L-13 News & Archive Pages
The idea behind this section is to write regular instalments that provide important anecdotal information about some aspect of our illustrious past. These accounts will be sporadic and in no particular order, but as this is the first entry it seems fitting to start at the beginning.