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December 2000
Ceramicist Taslim Martin discusses working with industry, a report from Clay 2000 conference on ceramics in architecture. Cultural exchange and collaboration explored between Bulgarian and UK artists, in news ACME investigates socio-historical impact of artists in the East End of London. Jenny Brownrigg reviewed at Grizedale.
Commentaries
Waterscapes
I was commissioned by 'Connected', Oldham, to create a collaborative installation with art-based mental health groups for Oldham Art Gallery, using any medium and subject matter. I approached this very organically, not wanting to impose a concept,… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
Space sub
The starting point of my work begins with a place/site, both in practical and technical terms. The next step would be to make something which explores/exploits that place. This has meant, within the gallery context creating a new place co-existing… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
Sculptural shawl
I specialise in printed textiles, and over the duration of my degree I have taken an interest in three-dimensional fabric manipulation, which is mainly used in fashion design. Before I came to England, I studied and worked as a weaving designer in… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
Public service announcement – Product recall
Whilst artist-in-residence at Grizedale Forest, Cumbria last summer I produced a multiple called Magic Car. A cardboard cutout car packaged in plastic with a fold-over label (bearing an uncanny resemblance to the cardboard trees hanging off the… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
Landfill
A short residency on a landfill site near Bentley in Suffolk gave local artist Ruth Richmond and myself an opportunity to make some work in response to our experiences there. Ruth chose to work with the skips that collect and deliver the rubbish… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
LPS Commission
I was commissioned by the London Print Studio last August to design and print imagery onto sixteen glass panels, as part of the glass window facade of their new gallery space. The former London Print Workshop was successful in 1998 in obtaining… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
Inside The Box, Outside the Box
Situated one hour west of Glasgow, Outside The Box is a new residential centre for artists of all disciplines. The curious name refers to the fact that resident artists should feel free of their everyday obligations, and be able to concentrate fully… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
Duologue
Duologue was a collaboration between myself (sculptor-in-residence at the Farnham Maltings) and Leonie Flowerday (disabled dancer from StopGAP Dance Company). It was a project funded by South East Arts Disability Pairing Scheme which brought… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
Advertorial
In the July 2000 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE, Lewisham College advertised a post for the Visiting Artist Scheme, and received 143 applications in response.
The successful applicant was Eric Martin – an artist who specialises in printmaking. In this new feature looking at the success stories, Martin describes how his job compliments his artistic practice. Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine December 2000
Reviews
www.soundtoys.net
Shockwave is a fantasy term promising technological wizardry to all who download. Notwithstanding the limits of PCs, the tools available to artists, or of the pressure of time spent online, there could be a pot of gold at the end of one's time-lag… Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine December 2000
The Art of Relaxation
The Rope Store Gallery, Quay Arts Newport, Isle of Wight Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine December 2000
Out of Place: Memory, Imagination and the City
What better symbol for a dysfunctional city than the lonely green of George Shaw's deserted urban playing field? 'Scenes from The Passion: The Goal Mouth' is conversely so irreligious and dispassionate, painted in flat characterless enamel that the… Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine December 2000