Even in the rain, I like stumbling across pockets of oddness and I like the way the arches down by Brighton beach constantly change hands. You take a stroll or cycle down and you never know what's going to pop up next. But like all seaside towns, those of us who live in them enjoy them better before the summer season kicks in. Come a sunny day in July this will be heaving with people. What I spotted this week was a new art shop which I hadn't seen before and will visit again. But if you walk from here you get to Jamie McCartney's studio, most famous for his Great Wall of Vagina... hah, got your attention now. It is a nine-metre polyptych made out of plaster cast and composed entirely of vulvas, four hundred of them. That four hundred women would donate their time far less sit there while someone took a plaster of paris cast of their most intimate parts in the name of art is in itself a feat but there was nothing creepy about it and you can read about it here: http://brightonsource.co.uk/features/the-great-wall-of-vagina/ Now he is back in the news for producing a breast cancer awareness poster and you can read about it here, even buy it if you like http://sussexartbeat.com/2014/03/11/jamie-mccartney-creates-breast-cancer-awareness-posters-with-25-to-charity-now-he-needs-models-for-the-next-one-get-involved/ It keeps the world turning and much more interesting than it sounds in a wee blog like this. And just to add the ambiguity, because Brighton is such a gay town and tomorrow will see the first gay weddings in the UK, we can have the TRB (some of you will get the connection):
