Day after Dorchester and Bridport meeting Julie Penfold from b-side. We have a letter from the Elmgrant Trust granting our small funding request – our second successful grant application! Plus, Alias responded with a very encouraging reply to our application […]
Come on now… I wonder if the participation aspect of this project will be more of an issue than actually working with the materials….once I get them. This must be the first hump. How to get people to join in? […]
Svetlana Fialova has been awarded the £8,000 First Prize at Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013.
ArtSOUTH brings together 15 organisations and ten artists for a series of new art commissions across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Winchester and Bournemouth. Curator Judy Adam discusses the rationale and process behind the commissions, while artist Graham Gussin explains how he pulled off a tricky collaboration with a collective of choreographers and the British Army.
The fifth edition of The London Art Book Fair at the Whitechapel Gallery harnesses the energy of a fervent sector and provides an opportunity to celebrate the printed page.
Jeannie Driver, 'White3', paper; exhibtion press releases, nylon thread,, 2013.. Photo: Jeannie Driver. White3, a sculptural installation constructed from gallery press releases fed through a security level two shredder invites the viewer to walk around and experience the illusion of solidity, fragmentation, focus and unfocused vision. The context of the material, in both its content and materiality, and the resulting form of the installation is central to the work and its relationship to ideas of the gallery as a 'white cube'.
Louise Bird, 'Popty springs', photograph, August 2013. Photo: Louise Bird. Courtesy: Louise Bird. spring units at alphabeds factory; venue for Popty bach 2013 international artists workshop
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham 20 July 2013 – 22 September 2013
To be honest, I can’t wait to get in amongst it. It’s all there, just waiting now. The work is trotting along nicely for “ONE” next month; A small group of Junction artists and I have a month at Wolverhampton […]
One Year Since WEYA Hasn’t time flown? I can’t believe it was a whole year since 1000 artists (including me) were basking in the Nottingham sunshine. Although it seems like yesterday, lots of exciting things have happened in the last […]
Depicting adult women as children – and depicting young girls as sexual creatures – is one of the most unsettling trends in the portrayal of women as sex partners. The combination of childlike vulnerability and apparent sexual willingness are meant […]
« Le temps figé d’un instant pour l’éternité Il n’est pas nécessaire qu’une réalisation soit comprise, elle n’existe que par la pensée de l’artiste . Autant que le peintre ayant vécu jour après jour, minute après minute dans le monde […]
The past few months have been building up to the h. Art Young Open exhibition in Hereford. Now the work is hung I can step back a little and consider my work (and the other 25 artists) while stewarding. I’ve […]
Gasworks, the South London studio and exhibition/residency space, has plans to redevelop and expand the building its been based in for nearly 20 years. Before it does, though, it’s raising funds with a high-profile auction. We talk to Director Alessio Antoniolli and artist and former studio holder, Alexandre da Cunha.
This weekend, nomadic curatorial and artistic practice, Companis, presents Rude Food Fiesta – a fusion of food, performance and spectacle taking place in Birmingham. Sian Tonkin, one of the event’s organisers, provides a taster.
Joy Adamson, 'Calodendron Capense', watercolour. Courtesy: Nature in Art Trust.