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Thursday, 14 July 2016

V&A: Psychedelic Eye On Display.


The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has a major new exhibition in the works: "You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-70" runs from 10 September-26 February 2017 and will, as one might expect, feature the Fabs; both John and George's Sgt Pepper outfits will be on display, amongst other things.

Now, excitingly for those with an interest in Kenwood, I have it on good authority that one of those other things will be John's Eye mosaic from the pool, which was recently rediscovered, returned to its rightful owners, and restored to former glory.

Apparently the thing measures about 5 feet by 15 feet, consists of around 14,000 tiles, and is quite impressive in the flesh. Lovely stuff, and more details to follow, apparently...

Thanks to Bernie Cochrane.
Posted by solzhi at 09:48
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13 comments:

  1. Brilig14 July 2016 at 19:36

    Blimey ! Can't wait

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  2. markjones197016 July 2016 at 10:58

    Wow, do you know where the mosaic was found?

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  3. solzhi16 July 2016 at 20:48

    It's a long story: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/missing-john-lennon-psychedelic-eye-3370065

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  4. Lonedrone24 July 2016 at 17:15

    Marvellous! Any info on the "Swedish businessman" mentioned in the echo article?

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  5. Lizzie Bravo9 August 2016 at 21:47

    Interesting! I don't remember seeing that eye but then, when I was walking around the gardens I had to do it fast so I wasn't found!

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  6. Brilig19 October 2016 at 20:44

    Visiting Friday - can't wait.
    Missing your posts by the way !
    Brilig

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  7. Brilig19 October 2016 at 20:48

    Visiting tomorrow - can't wait.
    Missing your posts by the way !
    Brilig

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  8. solzhi20 October 2016 at 09:27

    It's easy to miss. Keep an eye out (absolutely no pun intended) in the corridor before you enter the exhibition proper. It's above eye level (oh stop it, for God's sake), and, at least when I visited, has nothing to identify it for those that don't know. Strange.

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  9. tuskedbeast8 November 2016 at 17:25

    Want to second that I'm missing your posts. Hope you're not bored.

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  10. solzhi8 November 2016 at 20:04

    Wish I was. Too much life stuff going on at the moment. This rubbish is surprisingly time consuming. I will try and pick it up again soon, if my life ever sorts itself out.

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  11. Big Daddy Pops15 November 2016 at 17:23

    I second that. Missing your posts big time. My favourite blog!

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  12. Brilig1 March 2017 at 21:39

    Actually only got there two Fridays back. I'm glad you mentioned the fact it is in the corridor before actually entering exhibition otherwise I might have missed it. Great exhibition of all things upon which I obsess. I had to stop myself correcting the ill-informed riff raff spouting on about crap they didn't know and getting in my way at the same time but other than that it was a very enjoyable day out.

    Brilig

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  13. Brilig1 March 2017 at 21:40

    Actually only got there two Fridays back. I'm glad you mentioned the fact it is in the corridor before actually entering exhibition otherwise I might have missed it. Great exhibition of all things upon which I obsess. I had to stop myself correcting the ill-informed riff raff spouting on about crap they didn't know and getting in my way at the same time but other than that it was a very enjoyable day out.

    Brilig

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