Interwoven narratives that belong not only to me but to my collaborators, to the people who have given or lent me materials and words, are shown as suspended nets that display a certain craft and are themselves interspersed with light […]
I needn’t say anything. Just needs to be watched.
So for the last few days I have been trying to sort out and decide what work I would be putting in our fine art auction. While experimenting with different things in my sketch book I decided that I would […]
Continuing with my visit to the Tate Modern, there were two works in particular that I wanted to talk about. The first piece is by the artist Seung-Taek Lee and the work is entitled ‘godret stone’. The work consists of […]
SATURDAY SALON It was today. Seven people came. That was a good number. Not too many to fit in my house but enough to debate. I wanted to try to present a range of ideas and information which would feed […]
South Bridge. X is gazing in the direction of a blue tit hopping from branch to branch. A hooded walker smiles briefly through X as he walks towards the Tiller Conglomerates outpost. The Vaconsoft Parkway executives are nowhere to be […]
Just spent two days back in the UK that I filled even to my limits! I was busy, to understate, rushing at full speed from one appointment to the next. The reason I flew back was for a public art […]
Clarifying my Practice Lately it has come to my knowledge that my overall practice is a little confusing, and after reading over my blog in it’s entirety, i think it is. I started out my project by painting figuratively and […]
ESTABLISHING MY CURRENT PROJECT Showed my blog pictures to my family yesterday and explained a few things about my Art. It was wired showing them because it is not like talking to the Art world. They did not get it. […]
Spent yesterday travelling to Brick Lane, installing my cup runneth over at The Coffee Art Project (exhibition now open at The Old Truman Brewery 22-30th March 10am-8pm, apart from 28 &30th March when it’s open 10-5pm) I was installing while […]
“A formidably inventive sculptor whose work remains urgent,” say Selection Committee as Sarah Lucas is chosen to represent Britain at the 56th Venice Biennale.
This report – the sixth in the Paying Artists research portfolio – draws together examples of how artists’ fees for exhibiting are arrived at in Sweden, Norway, Canada and Poland; and the conditions and contexts that underpin their application.
This week’s most significant international art event is the opening of the 19th Biennale of Sydney, now minus its founding sponsor after protests and withdrawals by a number of participating artists. Plus we take a look at Paris, Madrid and the German city of Gelsenkirche.
To mark World Meteorological Day, Loughborough University is launching its Nowcasting programme of contemporary art, bringing artists together with scientists and including a spot of ‘smog tasting’.
Jo Taylor, 'Black Form', Ceramic, 2012. Photo: Andy Rose. Courtesy: www.jotaylorceramics.com. Height 75cm
Draws together some examples of how artists’ fees for exhibiting are arrived at in other countries and the conditions and contexts that underpin their application.
Construction Project Day #12 Today in the studio I decided to STRIP it down to just my fluorescent lamps, using them to make shapes of light in an attempt to simplify my arrangements and build sculptures from them as formal […]
I have made 80 paintings this year so far and plan to make 285 more. http://threehundredandsixtyfivepaintings.wordpress…
Liquidtex When trying to ‘embed’ my YouTube video into a previous post, I spotted an interesting image on the side of the webpage. It was a link to a video of someone painting, and they were using particular mediums. Liquidtex […]
Purple painting, I have done some more work on my A2 (ish) size purple painting This one has maybe more layers than Twilight zone, as whenever I’m waiting for something to dry on a bigger more important painting, this is […]
I decided to paint my friend Anna because whilst I was in a really calm state of mind and was in the mood to paint I wanted to paint an emotion that reflects on this. I took a photo of […]
With the idea of using certain tools to express my emotion I thought I should start a textured portrait of myself and see what happens. The day I started the portrait I felt quite angry and frustrated and I wanted […]