It was 4c today up here; I didn’t get to the studio until about 11.30 by the time I had found my extra scarf, painty fleece, hat etc. There was evidence of mice when I finally got inside having battled […]
When you’re having a bad day in London, I’d like to recommend my own, personal remedy, handed down from my design-obsessed hoarder of a mother: the V and A. There’s always more marble-lined nooks to explore in the place, more […]
we’ve put the dceorations back in the loft, the youngest children have been rewarded for their dancing efforts last year and the bdo championship is hotting up. i’m returing to my new year rhythm. with the final two thirds of the […]
Co-creators of the Tower of London ‘poppy’ installation, artist Paul Cummins and theatre designer Tom Piper, have been recognised in the 2015 New Year’s Honours list, alongside outgoing Arts Council England CEO Alan Davey and Metal founder Jude Kelly.
The artist Tania Bruguera is to remain in Cuba to face charges of ‘resistance and disrupting the public order’ after being arrested and detained three times following her attempt to restage her 2009 performance, Tatlin’s Whisper #6, in Havana’s Revolution Square.
For this first selection of 2015, Jack Hutchinson’s recommendations include Joan Fontcuberta in Bradford, Ian Hamilton Finlay in Cambridge and Pipilotti Rist in Bruton, Somerset.
The paintings have made it to the CEAC gallery in one piece. It was a little stressful getting them from my studio, over the balcony to the ground floor, into in a truck that was too small so they stuck […]
As Mr Cummins and Mr Piper were awarded MBE’s in the New Year’s honours for their ceramic field of poppies around the Tower of London, I pondered as to whether it is an honour or not an honour to receive […]
Visiting Artists or read all about it Artists are not always in for visitors. “Fear not”, the older and wiser artist says, “artists are show offs no matter what they say, otherwise what is the sodding point; all you need […]
Sonia Boué, Arena y Mar, mixed media on canvas, 2014 For the first time next week I will exhibit alongside Jonathan Moss in a show entitled EXILE, which focuses on the internment camps of France in which Spanish exiles were […]
Last year for expedient reasons, mainly to make my day job more challenging, I developed an artist residency programme within a product design research centre Makers Using Technology.
So I have spent the majority of my day building a bookcase. The bookcase in question is a rather lowly one from Argos. It is based on a walnut wood, although it is more like fire or chipboard with a […]
Anselm Kiefer After my epic encounter with Anselm Kiefer, https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/barcelona-in-a-bag/post/52397917 which I spoke about from a post memory perspective I realised that I had missed something. In my focus on the moral weight of Kiefer’s subject (an examination of Nazi […]
Here ends my Denmark-Brighton ceramics project of 2014. I have accomplished everything I set out to do and much more. I have just sent off my final report to the Arts Council of England, who generously funded the project, without […]
“…Ranciere argues that emancipation should rather be the presupposition of equality: the assumption that everyone has the same capacity for intelligent response to a book, a play or a work of art.” Claire Bishop, Participation, Whitechapel Gallery
In brief: I moved to London, took an advanced painting course at Morley College (learnt lots, met good people), found a studio to paint in, then another one, did group and solo shows, sold work, applied to MA courses (have […]
So I finally manage to finish this drawing and with also find a renewed vigour to work with every spare moment I can find. Although not one of my favourite drawings as it was so labour intensive it became a […]
I have been reading the a-n end of year series How was it for you? with interest – learning about people new to me, their roles in the art world and the challenges they face in the name of art. An insightful series thank you a-n. […]
