I’m trying to focus on visiting exhibitions that are more relevant to my research interests at the moment, so the reference library-cum-conceptual art installation currently on show at &Model Gallery in Leeds seemed the perfect place to start. &Model was […]
Layering up enlarged letter ‘a’s copied from notes, letters and postcards people have sent me, I notice, not just how much variation there is in the way people form the letter, but also the movement in their gestures and in […]
Blunt soap I found this not-so complimentary bar of soap in the bathroom, of one of the hundred odd rooms I stayed in whilst backpacking around South East Asia. I’m not convinced that this was decided as the best design […]
For the next guest post in the Portfolio NW artists talking blog, Curator Richard Parry gives his perspective on critical writing and blogging in the North West: Having recently relocated to the North West from London I was flattered but […]
The drive back yesterday took 8 hours and we didn’t get home until after dark. Provided plenty of time to think on the happenings of the three-weeks well spent in Penzance, St. Just, and on-and-off the coast around Lands End. […]
There has been lots of activity this week focusing on Ryedale ArtWorks, an artist led community for which I am Chair as well as a member. Of course, this means that, frustratingly, I have still not managed any working time […]
Our latest project, which has taken some months to assume its final shape, is now complete and called …. Seeds of Enlightenment It is an Altered Book … to be exact it is Encyclopedia Britannica Volume 9 (Extraction* to Gambrinus**) […]
A shortlist of six artists has been announced for the next two Fourth Plinth commissions for Trafalgar Square.
Barrow-in-Furness based Art Gene launches its latest ‘cultural tourism’ project this week – a route guide that uncovers fascinating facts and hidden histories about the area as a way to inform “social rather than economic regeneration”. We find out more from Art Gene co-founder Stuart Bastik.
I have managed to squeeze in some studio time, some of it spent making it a little bit cleaner/tidier as on Saturday four members of the Making Art Work cooperative are visiting. It’s going to be a kind of ‘studio […]
MAKING CONNECTIONS Now I’m reflecting on marginalisation and how to resist that. I’m not always clear how to do it. Wading through the media, it looks as though our daily lives are homogenous, banal, white middle class male orientated. How […]
It wasn’t so bad. The day started with the predicted ire about other people’s rubbish, but I have come to expect it, so just got on with clearing it, before starting my own work. I also handed out some flyers […]
Waiting Waiting for the seeds of doubt to fall waiting for my face to smile waiting watering the growing watering the shouting watering the tears arms hold my soul the weight of love
Back into it then. Sunday marked the end of the summer I guess.. Seeing Nile Rodgers and Chic at Bingley Festival, was a fine end, FUNK EUPHORIA! A day to recover, and today into the studio. Easy does it though. […]
Now that the work is finished we have decided to turn the blog into a dialogue where we can work through some of the outcomes of the project. Frances: I found the whole process of collaboration really helpful, especially how […]
Part 1 was rather rudderless: Part 2: further solitary in ‘The Cooler’ through the summer. My sentance another big floor mosaic.
After last year’s hiatus, the artist-focused art fair returns to London during Frieze week, offering a snapshot of grassroots practice in 2013. We find out more from Sluice co-director Karl England and talk to some of this year’s participants.
Today sees the launch of a new a-n bursary scheme that aims to support artists as they explore future collaborations.
From the narrative potential of objects to the personal traumas of modern warfare, this week’s selections take in sculpture, film and the results of a six-week artists’ residency.
