Light & Flesh There is a relationship between light and flesh which has run throughout art history. During January I attended a talk on the Italian Renaissance held by lecturer John Sheeran. I found this lecture really useful in expanding […]
Jean-Michel Basquiat was heavily influenced by Cy Twombly. Richard Marshall states that, Twombly was one of the few artists that Basquiat cited as an influence and “his impact is apparent in his numerous loose, scratchy and scribbled works” (Marshall 1996:35). […]
Continuing to work with the materials that I used last year I have been drawing up several ideas that focus on the use of the simple shape and combination of materials. The main focus of these ideas for future work […]
So I had started painting on my big canvas yesterday, but it wasnt stretched as tightly as it could be and after talking with Jane today she suggested that it would be best to restretch the canvas. Jane suggested that […]
I feel that clarification is needed on what my intentions for my work are when I say that it should be ‘interesting enough to sustain itself’. Wanting something to be interesting is rather a broad statement, much like Donald Judd’s […]
Exhibition Planning I have my first solo exhibition on 4th April at Gage Gallery in Sheffield, so I’m busy trying to prepare. I’ve got some work to get finished off, as well as all the usual planning and promoting to […]
Recording day today! Can be heard at https://www.dropbox.com/s/svwapvzsd2ibvmd/March%2011th%202014%2010.14am%20copy.wav Peter Barnard did the previous layer in a park, my layer was on a train. Think I need to play it loudly in the residency space and see what response it commands. […]
Well, here I am, w0budong installation in Manchester centre complete, staying in Salford with my youngest daughter and her partner, which is extremely convenient and a lovely chance to catch up with them both. http://w0budong.wordpress.com Many thanks to Andrew Dalton, […]
Manchester today and installing the w0budong exhibition with Jayne Lloyd, Sue Gough, Julie Brixey-Williams and Clare Smith. The space is incredible – brilliant natural light.
This blog contextualises a project exploring sEMG biofeedback in performance and sound art. The project is supported by the a-n New Collaborations. The author is Victoria Gray, a visual artist specializing in performance, and the project collaborators are, Oliver Larkin, […]
The First Person Plural conference at London’s Media Space set out to reflect on the legacy of photographer Tony Ray-Jones and examine issues associated with photography in the digital age, while also speculating on the medium’s future. Tim Clark reports from the one-day event.
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes the artist formerly known as Spartacus in London, the ‘elegant vandalism’ of Jonathan Owen in Edinburgh, and the oval eye of Simon Bill in Newcastle.
Scottish jeweller Kelly Munro has been announced as the Rising Stars 2014 winner at the opening of this year’s exhibition, which showcases the work of emerging craft makers and applied artists who have recently graduated from programmes across the UK.
4th Athens Biennale, Athens
28 September – 1 December 2013
Charting our 20-day residency period where we shed our feminine gender and attempt to step inside the guise of men.
Corporate Lakeside. X moved along Pertonica Park…and across the slick tarmac of Pertonica Way. Goods in. Vending machine cups sponsored by Helton Associates strewn in the tended hedgerows. A lucozade sun bathed the edges of Vaconsofia. Cast aside fingerless gloves…black […]
In 1924 Andre Breton began automatic writing and in 1961 Maurice Merleau Ponty wrote the surrealist manifesto highlighting the act of drawing and writing as a liberating graphic mark making which was considered to put the artist in touch with […]
thursday blog 6 oooooo time is a ticking the exhibition is getting nearer. i am very excited to be doing something new performance is afirst for me. i was thinking why did i choose to approach the furiously mad project […]
thursday blog 7 FOLLY STORIES LORA’S Story born 1479 Lora Raveneswathe Age 17 Trade – seamstress. I walked out early one winter morn to fetch some milk. Unfortunately I chose that morning to be a little lazy and had not […]
FOLLY STORIES ELIANORA’S STORIE Name Elianora de crombe age 35 d.o.b 3rd October 1468 wife – tavern singer Folly symptoms Choleric personality (quickly aroused, egocentric,exhibitionist, hotheaded, histrionic, jealous, fierce) Symptoms – uncontrollable rages when people don’t do as she asks. […]
