I had no idea that SWAN was an international thing. http://www.womenarts.org/swan/ Jean (McEwan) and I have been asked to attend on 29 March but I never thought of it being anything other than a small Jamestown event. How come I […]
I’ve been itching to get back to writing here – so many things I’ve wanted to share about the past month’s serious sorting. And I do mean serious. Dozens of bags and boxes from the past – all stored in […]
I would like to share some images from recent travels .I have included some from Warrington town centre, which has a great range of fountains, quite unexpected for a town in England. I was reminded of Rome for the concentration […]
Reactor Halls, PRIMARY, Nottingham
22 February 2014
Linking to Rosemarie Trockel’s Balaclavas i had taken lots of images one afternoon of my dog beneath my cardigan. He always ends up on my bed curled within my clothes; i believe it is a comfort thing. In these images […]
In this post i have put up two images from my sketchbook. One is of my dog sculpture showing how i think it will look when finished. The ears are a very important part of the structure and so they […]
Alison Berry & Niki Campbell Our starting point for the second collaboration was the Babel Tower work by Alison and Sonia Griffin. Through the Babel tower biblical story the work posed questions about language and the modern trend towards mass […]
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’.
