South African artist Brett Bailey’s controversial performance involving caged black performers has been shut down following protests and accusations of racism.
TECHNOLOGY in 2114 Everything you can imagine is possible Art will continue to exist if (when) technology fails. Art is from the mind and not reliant on technology Hipsters in 2114 REJECTING (not using) technology The Baths building will be […]
Can anyone advise me on what to do? Recently I discovered by accident that 3 of my large works were included and sold in an online auction house in Belfast on the 7th august 2014. The titles of two of […]
The winner of this year’s £20,000 prize for figurative and representational art is the Berkshire-based artist Tina Jenkins.
Child’s Play : the material of the work We were installing yesterday at IWMN and the installation is up. The Book of Debts piece is also almost ready, just awaiting lighting. It was a very productive day, thanks to […]
After some PaperFields exhibition prep I got stuck into painting this afternoon. Worked on several pieces that had already been started (1 yesterday) and another – a large paper roll. I found a way to clamp it to a stretcher […]
We are currently seeking submissions for performance work in any style or genre which responds to the themes of ‘exchange’, from artists and performers looking to show their work to new audiences. We are especially interested in performance work which […]
The course has the appearance of having fully started – this week has brought about first tutorials and seminars. Tutorials are a bonus of taught programmes – you get the opportunity to talk about yourself and your work without worrying […]
Review I wrote for 2|1|4|1, here
Neil Armstrong’s post combines a beautifully rendered and powerful portrait with a fantastically rich and eloquent analysis of his process and symbolism. As with previous contributors I hope this will be the first of many. DANCING FROM FRIGHT… …is the […]
Earlier this year I went back to Hungary. I haven’t been for many years but every visit I make the pilgrimage to my Grandmothers apartment, the ancestral home as it were. When I was a child, we’d go visit every […]
It was not my intention but I have just re-read my posts from immediately after John died (December 2007). I am delighted to see that they are still there as they were not obvious last time I logged in. John […]
i began this blog while in a bit of an upset state. as ever time has helped for the upset to unpack and reflection to occur. the big lunch extras experience has brought home to me about how important looking […]
Shifting Luminosity Installation (LEDs and plastic pipes) Variable dimensions, this image shows 400cm (w) x 250cm (d) x 300cm (h) 2014 Shifting Luminosity explores new materials and ways of working, continuing from my Construction Project earlier in the year. […]
Now in its 65th year, the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition offers an annual snapshot of the talent coming out of British art schools. Laura Robertson takes a tour and finds work by the 55 selected graduates that captures the social and political concerns of the times.
“Myth simply displays the various and varying forms of existential field in all their profusion. It is only from the standpoint of detached, disinterested abstraction that a clear distinction between form and content can be drawn, making possible conceptual judgment. […]
” The displacement of anthropocentrism and recognition of transspecies solidarity are based on the awareness of ‘our’ being in this together; that is to say, environmentally based, embodied, and embedded, in symbiosis with each other. Bio-centered egalitarianism is a philosophy […]
I have at long last made cleared much non-art related stuff out of ‘my’ shed and had a glorious short session in it today (40 minutes is better than nothing, but am working on getting more time in there). One […]
Post 9 Gemma Lloyd – 27/June/14 – 2 hour I was aware of PEER’s exhibition programme, initially through their on-line presence and have become increasingly interested in what they do since a few close contacts of mine have worked with […]
