Today Micheal Landy gave a talk at our university, I particually liked his talk on his most recent work Saints Alive, probably because it resonated with my project. He talked about what his Inspirations were for this particular project, to […]
I am looking at rituals within the catholic church, and was thinking about Incense burning, the purification and sancification. The smoke symbolizes the prayers drifting up to heaven: The Psalmist prays “let my prayer come like Incense before you”. Insence […]
PAUSE A curatorial project with 3rd year Fine Art students and Beaconsfield.
A DRAWING IN SPACE,2012 -Revisited For more images from the PAUSE exhibition visit and like our 3rd year degrees show fb page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Not-Another-Degree-…
In respect of contextualisation i have many influences which some i have already posted and now i have some more recent realisations. These were forgotten to an extent deep in my mind. Such creators as Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono and […]
A reflection from the beginning… At the outset my vision was to work with different homeless agencies in order to research the homeless issue and collect my own primary sources to work from to create a series of portraits challenging […]
In my dissertation I analysed the work of the American photorealists of the 1960s and early 1970s. My practice at that time was heavily reliant on the use of photographic source material and my desire to paint in a strongly […]
Discovering the portrait work of Vhils immediately made me think of the works in concrete and plaster of Rachel Whiteread. Although the two artists are a long way apart visually and conceptually they are both working with essentially the same […]
Soda wood firing The big excitement over the past few days has been the soda wood firing I did at the weekend. Because the test results from the soda firing a couple of weeks ago were so beautiful, I decided […]
I’m very pleased that Hannah Allen visited my show in Blackpool and wrote a review for Corridor 8: http://www.corridor8.co.uk/online/review-alice-bra… “A large body of research is disseminated and contextualised in this throwaway (often unwanted) medium of the free newspaper. The subject […]
Micheal Landy Lecture at UCS. The idea that Landy’s works were a response to situations of everyday life, the appropriation of materials that were familiar, was interesting as it drew attention to and highlighted his skills at communicating on social […]
I took this photograph a couple of weeks ago. I think a level of tension is added to the image by the way it is framed by shooting through the ajar door. The fire escape scene with the vivid reds […]
Open School East co-director Anna Colin and Barbican Art Gallery curator Lydia Yee have been appointed to curate British Art Show 8, which will open in Leeds in 2015.
A new study led by artist Steve Pool is examining the role of artists and practice within the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Connected Communities projects.
This week’s selection includes water from the world’s oceans at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, the work of autistic artists at Free Space Gallery in London, and a history of quilting at Danson House, Bexleyheath.
Arts Council of Wales’s new five-year strategy rejects single artform strategies, defines the obligations of national companies and pledges to recognise the role of activity that straddles the subsidised and commercial sectors. Liz Hill reports.
So here I am in Jamestown NY. Actually though, we’ve been here since Friday night, but it’s just been a crazy few days. Where to begin? Let me think…. OK -we ( myself and Jean McEwan) flew to Buffalo via […]
Volcano & Buck scratch performance in studio
Week 68: 30th December – 5th JanuaryEven though I’m enrolled on a Practice-led PhD, it is easy to fall into the trap of focusing on the reading and writing aspect of problem-solving as a way of producing art, rather than […]
This is a bit fun, when I came across this, the song Bad Romance by Lady Ga Ga , although it’s sung in a different language, the song title resonated with poor pope joan!! Apparently they are real monks. Well […]
This piece of artwork has been selected for an exhibition entitled Contemporary British Painting. The exhibition runs from 29th Mar to 1st May at The Crypt Gallery, St Marlebone Church, London. Come and see me at the private view from […]
Progress or Process? A mentoring scheme has many facets. I started the scheme with very clear objectives. Over the course of the scheme, the aims have changed and my directions shifted several times. I am now a bit more than […]
I’m not actually used to talking to people all day – especially about my own work, so I’m finding this all a big step away from my normal routine. As I write, I’m sharing a dining room table with Debra […]
