My creative reflections were all discussed in my previous blog post. I discovered more than just artistic revelations on my residency. Now I am back from Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn in Cumbria, I am pushed back into city life. I […]
This blog entry marks the start of the demise of our Fine Art degree at a University in the East Midlands. Although we have been closed to new starters for two years now the part-time structure of the course means […]
This is the diary of the remaining two years of a unique part-time fine art degree as it closes. It will enable us to record significant moments and, particularly, to celebrate the success of our students.
For the second in our series of co-commissioned articles looking at visual arts projects supported by the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts, Alastair Eilbeck of MeYouAndUs explains the thinking behind TILO – a display system for arts venues that aims to create and reflect the ‘digital soul’ of a building.
Sophia George, the V&A’s first ever game designer in residence, has released a new iPad game inspired by the work of William Morris.
For Artes Mundi 6, three of Cardiff’s key contemporary art venues host work by 10 international artists. Rory Duckhouse reports from the Welsh capital.
9 Oct – 2 Nov
Gallery Hours Thurs to Sun 11am -5pm
Late Opening Friday 31Oct 6pm – 8-30pm – Informal Curator/Artists’ talk, ‘Personal History as Muse’
On the last day on my residency at the Merz Barn in Cumbia it was time to reflect on my thoughts over the duration of the week. As I mentioned in a previous post, I had stapled a huge sheet […]
This week’s selections range from young Polish artist Agnieszka Polska’s video explorations of forgotten histories at Nottingham Contemporary, to a major exhibition of the work of groundbreaking Austrian painter Egon Schiele at The Courtauld Institute.
I’m going to explain this project in terms of how it came to me, as a slow-burn, unfolding, enlightenment. It developed from the purchase of a vintage bra from a junk shop on Mill Rd Cambridge, to this mammoth year […]
The congratulations still streaming in, I’m actually starting to believe it now. It is a weird process… or it was for me… Having given up my salary and my proper job, I was highly motivated to get this right. And […]
In a recent series of workshops in a community setting, I have been intrigued to observe many of my ideas about the importance and value of objects being not only confirmed but enriched and extended. My training and background in […]
I feel as if I have had a rush of blood to my brain induced by looking at – and talking about – a lot of art in the last seven days. An art students dream really! Monday – drawing […]
So this has been a pretty big week in my professional world and I am feeling pretty excited about it all. Firstly I found out my tutor could put me in touch with someone at the Uni who works in […]
Portrait Steve Jobs Oil F4 33.4 x 24.2 cm. Japan
Blindness2_210x297mm_pen on paper Korea
This is a first – two blog posts on the same day! But I just have to get this one out because it, depressingly, shows the contemporary relevance of my “Calico Madams” painting (image on my website) When catching up […]
Well, that’s stating the obvious. What I mean is this: After working really intensely and obsessively on a big exhibition for the best part of a year, it’s just really great to have a launch event to celebrate the fact […]
This afternoon I’m sat with knee recovering in the recommended elevated position, with the sun streaming though the french windows. I have a sense of calm about me, a love of the free world we are fortunate to live in, […]
Beekeepers have started to show an interest in the project #Hive. An earlier donation of wax and broken bits off the hive have made their way to me and have been melted down into a golden, scented block. Once it […]
