It has been some time since I posted about anything other than cinema reviews and that is all going to change by not neglecting this blog from painting anymore. Since finishing the Graduate Residency with AirSpace Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent in […]
Returning to familiar symbols and a new fascination with painting ‘floating objects’ I produced some of my last paintings on panel before utilising plywood board to be able to manufacture more paintings with less time spent constructing their frames. The […]
Day 16 – But Not Forgotten But Not Forgotten harks back to my more traditional style of painting in acrylic and varnish on upholstery textile. My main aim with this painting was to incorporate the rose motif on the fabric […]
After making two attempts at the mobius strip made with moulded cups – one where the material was art cut from newspapers, the other simply newspaper. I have found that I have over-complicated what I am doing. Again, I cannot […]
The Sporting League: Game 4 Athletico continued their early statement of intent to stay top with an assured two goals to nil win over Lunderbach. Athletico boss: We need to keep up the early pressure and keep our heads. I’m […]
boarding pass tram directions camera, clamp, tripods the lenses recorder, headphones, microphone computer, hard drive, screen all the wires glass plate from scanner olololo folding equipment (knife, card, list, pen) tea and thermos felt book notebook all the pens passport […]
Artist residency at Atelierhaus Salzamt in Linz, Austria. I think I’m mostly going to be drawing lines.
The £60,000 Contemporary Art Society Annual Award has been won by Elizabeth Price, in conjuction with an Oxford-based partnership led by the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology.
Manick Govinda was one of six panelists at a recent debate in London titled, All Change in arts funding: crisis or opportunity? Here he provides a commentary on what was discussed and questions the agenda of ‘access’ in relation to arts funding.
This month’s AD:uk national conference in Birmingham is offering up ‘recipes for change in the arts’ through its World Café forum slot, specially developed for the event by artists in residence SSoCiaL. We find out more from artists Sophie Cullinan and Sally Lemsford.
This week’s must-see shows include a retro-futuristic survey of British sculpture at Lisson Gallery, drawing and language at The Drawing Room, and an art/architecture collaboration at BALTIC.
Submissions are being invited for Connect/Exchange, an ambitious pilot project led by Northern Film & Media that will facilitate six artists’ exchanges between three UK cities.
Mead Gallery, Warwick University
4 October – 14 December 2013
Reflections on grief and the creative process, prompted by my current solo show of sculptures ‘The Gifts of The Departed’ at Manchester Craft and Design Centre, until March 2014 and the showing of The Gifts (2010) at Zhejiang Museum in […]
Thoughts and responses to an artist residency with the National Trust for Scotland on Arran
Pantomime For the next few weeks I am very busy: How on earth am I going to describe this: A ‘Theatre Outreach’ project? A series of temporary installations An art trail…(that can’t be quite right) It reminds me of a […]
I visited Fokestone on Saturday: the town is like the curate’s egg but the harbour and beach are great, and, bathed in that early-lowering autumn sun, were even beautiful. There’s a word I like. Best of all I came home […]
It seems a long time since that holiday in Croatia: I’ve settled in to a routine in my studio, but will probably have to move into the house for the winter. That will be a challenge – I’ll probably find […]
– RW On crystals and post #2 “an infinite pyramid with a mirrored interior and a granite exterior” Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996) Ultramoderne, Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings. Reading the essay Michaela gave me by Rosemarie Haag Bletter […]
Covent Garden Reworking this painting. Holding my breath. Edging closer. Hard to know when to stop. Reworking the one about Afghan soldiers returning to Britain – hospital in Birmingham. A traumatic day in so many ways butthink I’m beginning to […]
I have spent the last few weeks preparing another installation-based proposal involving the use of scaffolding. Pulling together these worked-up proposals has been an interesting and valuable exercise to determine the next step forward. However, it’s also somewhat problematic and […]
This seems to have fallen by the wayside a bit …apoplogies all. The usual autumnal bug that makes you feel rubbish and puts a stop to all the things you wanted to do. In my case hearing Tom Hackney talk […]
Week 54: 23rd – 29th SeptemberAlthough I’m very much a maker of objects, I’m also interested in the relationship between the online and offline, particularly since my transfer meeting and the discussion about Digital Humanities in relation to my topic […]
