As part of an exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of William Hogarth’s death and featuring work by David Hockney, Yinka Shonibare MBE and Grayson Perry, Jessie Brennan is exhibiting a series of newly commissioned drawings of the soon to be demolished Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar. She talks about the project.
It was 11 pm I was tired from a day that I had my work all set up ready for assessment. This was the last piece of work of my three-year course. The thought end of this part of my […]
2014
I could probably get the same results from cream cheese! Love the way paint is so sculptural, just the sheer physicality of it. Using oil paint, I don’t know whether it is the process of squeezing it out of the […]
i haven’t managed to do anymore on my collaborative project recently, for various reasons, mostly to do with editing the material from the grotto, but I decided to go to a talk arranged by Artquest about collaboration for obvious reasons. […]
I have broken the bivvy! Just one of the poles actually, hopefully I can fix it. The sky is amazing on the moors. Did you know the moors are man made? I did know that already but when I’ve mentioned […]
I’ve challenged myself more and risked spending time on making 100 postcards with the same phrase (small things) broken up on each. Using all of the remaining time making these and doing tonnes of artist research (the more I research […]
The shortlist for the inaugural East London Painting Prize didn’t represent the ethnic and cultural diversity of the area and, argues Gillian McIver, this reflects the UK art world’s stiflingly restrictive approach to artistic practice.
A new collaborative research study from Warwick University and a-n will explore the impact of artist-led initiatives on cultural value.
This week, we catch a New Wave of emerging artistic talent at Birmingham’s RBSA Gallery and explore national identity through Rachel Maclean’s timely exhibition at CCA in Glasgow. Plus there are shows in London, Exeter and Liverpool to enjoy, including a life-size reconstruction of Piet Mondrian’s Paris studio at Tate Liverpool.
15TH April 2014 After the overview blog post I did a few posts back I have had a real think about what I want to achieve with my final images. I have decided that to start with I think I […]
17th April 2014 Having lived majority of my life in Abu Dhabi and knowing more locations and places I could do this kind of project over there than over here. In relation to; more open empty spaces, less health and […]
Curating the degree show. Although I was focused on still producing work, three weeks before the degree show commences, one thing which has taken a lot of my attention, is how I planned on displaying them in the space that […]
17th April 2014 The first set of pictures I created through my family did not go exactly how I wanted them to. Not only was the location not exactly what I wanted the positions and camera angles were also not […]
17th April 2014 The next Set of images I feel astatically were more appealing they also fit better with the uncanny theme this set of images were taking in the schools abandoned theatre. The first image I think works really […]
18th April 2014 This set of images was taking in the school dance studio. I wasn’t as happy with these images as the background is too normal. Perhaps with more doll like makeup they would have looked uncanny however these […]
18th April 2014 This set of images taken in the school library did not work at all they are far too dark blurry and wrongly positioned. There was not enough space in that section of the library to achieve the […]
18th April 2014 The images taken on the school pitch are good images however I don’t feel they are the right images to portray the uncanny the background is to normal and boring to use. I wanted the images to […]
Although I have previously mentioned the work that was involved in the making of Heavy footprints, and have discussed possible ideas of what to project onto the screens, I have realised that I have not spoken about what will be. […]
