A portrait of Glasgow gallerists Toby Webster and Andrew Hamilton, an ‘urban burka’ fashioned from a pair of training shoes, and a woodcut reflecting on the death of a grandparent are among works shortlisted for £30,000 prize.
After a break last year for the Olympics, the sixth edition of the Hackney WickED Art Festival takes place this weekend in London’s East End. We talk to the people who make it happen.
Void, Derry
27 July – 31 August 2013
So the exhibition opened last Friday and it’s been quite an exciting and nerve wracking time, anticipating peoples responses. I’ve decided to set up camp in the space so that I can be around to talk to visitors (and earwig […]
I’m now at the halfway stage of the Lincoln residency. Everything is going to plan. The best photographs are in a folder according to location. These will eventually be made into a film between five and ten minutes long. Each […]
So here we are again, at the start of the long process of fundraising for an international project. Although there has been a bit of a gap between posts, this blog is a continuation of the collaborative projects between ‘my’ […]
A great lunchtime / afternoon working with @HazlehurstCraft on business planning and development. So many great ideas.
One of London’s best known art meccas faces an uncertain future following the decision by Westminster Council to redevelop the area into luxury apartments.
Sometimes when I either can’t get to the studio or am feeling a bit stuck I browse the web and do some research. Doing this the other day, I came across the artist Anoka Faruqee and in particular an interview […]
Last week I had the final two of my Re:view meetings. This brings an end to the bursary period, which began in April. I’ve been blogging here throughout this process but wanted at this end point, to summarise and attempt […]
… Continued from last post ..So for a few weeks I didn’t have the mental space or time to actively process the sessions. I quickly realised that I was going need longer than the original timescale I had set myself […]
Hello there Thank you for applying to Platform 2013-14 Open Call for UK Based Visual Artists. We have been delighted with the volume and quality of applications. We’re currently shortlisting and will contact you by the end of September to […]
Tracing, Cutting and Sticking. Tracing the image from the screen and cutting it with a scalpel into the sticky-backed-plastic involves a surprising amount of drawing. Small decisions are made at each stage. How sharp should that corner be? How should […]
I am currently working on a series of representational drawings – but looking at Katy Oxborrows’ beautiful experiments on perspex I got seriously side-tracked with ‘process’ today! I have worked on board using blackboard paint and acrylic – there is […]
Thought I’d take a day out yesterday, to visit the tiny church at Fairfield on Romney Marsh. I’ve been going to the Marsh since I was a toddler, and love its huge open skies and green meadows . Having seen […]
This weekend’s Cove Park Open Day is a chance to meet artists in residence and to bid farewell to the centre’s current building before re-development work starts in 2014. We talk to Director Julian Forrester about what’s in store this weekend, and beyond.
West Bromwich arts centre to cease current activities on 30 November.
