after the disappointing finish to yesterday i’ve been so pleased today with the improvements made. i’m currently working on two opportunities. my frustation yesterday was with one of these. after an overnight reflection, the work is feeling much better today. […]
Virtual swimming suit No water necessary
The block prints are on my Gandhi piece, the exhibition guide is off to the printers, i.e. no more agonising over all of this (see previous post) so I now have bit of headspace to start writing about my quest […]
Talking soap for regulating water usage As water becomes an increasingly precious resource we return to communal bathing. Speaks in 100 languages “You have used your water allowance for today please exit the shower”
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During my drive down to Cardiff to meet ceramic artist Claire Curneen at her studio I was thinking back over her work since I first met her in the 1990s when she had not long left her native Ireland. We […]
Earlier last week, the Paying Artists campaign was at Metal in Peterborough. I didn’t go, because the gas bill was due that week, so I don’t have the spare cash to buy train tickets/subsistence and there was no offer of […]
Today I have cause to pause, and ponder the nature of friendship. I am going to see an old friend. I don’t think she would mind me using the word old. I have known her for about 35 years. I […]
MK Gallery and Milton Keynes Community Foundation have announced the four shortlisted artists for the inaugural £10,000 New City Art Prize for the Visual Arts.
ACE does a U-turn on measures to protect its reputation following a storm of concerns over freedom of expression. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
Scottish-born oil painter Mackie has been awarded the 18th National Open Art Competition’s top prize of £10,000, from a selection of 29 awards worth over £60,000 in total.
So it has happened again! There are hundreds of sheep grazing on the golf course. This is great for sheep and reducing the local councils maintenance bills, but sadly not so good for dog walking. But they were only on […]
The Crossing literally opens Denis O’Connor’s show Defining a Line, by forcing viewers to walk between the gateway of its dual ladders, and underneath a lightening streak that bridges the gap. Atop is miniscule chair, equidistant between the two poles […]
This will be the first time I have used this blog in the way it’s meant to be used, as a log of a project, or in this case an exhibition. I am showing in the ‘Recursive’ show, curated by […]
Value, meaning and the crowd I am thinking about how our artwork acquires value, how does it move from having an entirely personal value to having value to society in general and measurable value in the market? My work has […]
Abuela (grandmother) and I continue our unpacking here at a-n and it’s time to write again at Barcelona in a Bag! The parallel blog over at The Museum for Object Research has had Abuela and I pretty busy up until […]
i’m trying to prepare some work for a submission. today the process has gotten me to a point where i don;t have the feeling from the work that i’m after. it felt important to write about this. here seemed the […]
17/09/2014 Week 2 In attendance am 9 artists pm 9 artists 4 new artists If I ever know of an exhibition or opening I am letting the group know so they can attend if they wish. This week it […]
As the controversy around the staging of Brett Bailey’s Exhibit B at The Barbican reaches a climax, with the London run now cancelled due to protests from anti-racism campaigners, Index on Censorship’s associate arts producer Julia Farrington explores the issues around the presentation of this live installation.
