Tomorrow I set sail (well a train and two planes) to Taiwan. Expectations are high but so they should be – Taiwan has an extremely vibrant art scene, particularly in Taipei – a city which boasts its own artist village, […]
So, here I am; getting more grown up with every day that passes in my very late-starting career as an artist! Since moving to North Yorkshire from Hampshire eight years ago and taking five of these to recover from an […]
Over the next few days, extracts from Jack Welsh’s commissioned text for Portfolio NW will be posted on the blog. Here is the first extract: Platforms: Portfolio NW and its relationship to arts criticism. If you trawl through the abundance […]
Early in 2013 I was awarded an a-n Re:view bursary to pay for mentoring for my art practice. This blog charts the significant stages in the process of undergoing a review of my work with the help of a mentor […]
As an artist and programme and engagement coordinator at Chinese Arts Centre, I am embarking on a research trip to Taiwan. Aim: to source out new connections, artists and partners between Taiwan and UK, looking into alternative programming models and […]
A diary of my development as a “re-emerging” artist.
For the fourth edition in our new series exploring visually-rich art books, Tim Clark reflects on the performative life and real-time experience of photographs in Tom Lovelace’s publication, Work Starts Here.
Announcing three professional development training workshops for artists and visual arts freelancers taking place in Middlesbrough this autumn, as part of a-n’s collaboration with Navigator North.
Neo:gallery22, Bolton
13 June – 28 July 2013
Sketchbook I had an idea ages ago that I thought would work really well, would take this body of work into the three dimensional, and allow me to project digital images onto something other than a wall. I’m very impatient. […]
OUTWARD LOOKING Well, I started on my Re:view road trip, and then jarringly ground to a halt last Tuesday. Clambering over a pile of stuff in my studio, I hurtled through space, heard a loud crack and just knew I […]
One week this Thursday and it will be the exhibition opening. I feel quite calm about it and thankfully mainly on track. I am now at a point of thinking about my talk, going over my research and attempting to […]
Week 41: 24th – 30th JuneThe day of the transfer assessment was finally here. I’d written previously about the requirements and outcomes for the transfer process (in week 30), so I knew what to expect, but despite this (and reassurances […]
Had a great day yesterday of free form researching (improv researching?) online. Here’s what I found, starting with following this link from artist Lyndsey Perth on (https://twitter.com/lippi) on Twitter: ‘Manipulated Photographs, Manipulated Memories‘http://petapixel.com/2013/07/28/manipulated-photog…An interesting blog post by a neuroscientist working […]
‘Swimming free in a clear trout stream’ Tuesday 30th July Very briefly in addition to last post why I believe All children should be encouraged to fulfill their artistic dream – I said I would be an artist aged six […]
Betrayal Fish in a clear trout stream Sit still! Don’t, catch his eye! Stay invisible in the clear trout stream Even if you think, he will see you Stare intently reading the patterns on the dull wooden desk as the […]
My next location is listed as’Nr Markeaton’. The painting shows a path or road curving into the distance. Two figures are walking away from the viewer towards a 5 bar gate. Unsure of where to start I drive to Markeaton […]
It all worked. So I think some thanks are in order. Huge thanks are due to Alasdair Swenson, who developed the programme that makes the arrows move and interact. He’s setting upwww.irregulardesign.com to do more stuff like this. Working with […]
My latest work signifies something of a breakthrough in terms of what a jar of paint can depict: An intelligible degree of subjection is instantly attached to the contents of each jar. They no longer represent paint; they represent the […]
I havent quite finished thoughts about chairs.. Annabel Tilley asked if I would be interested in painting an 18th Century chair ( this is her area of expertise) and I said not at all. These modernist chairs were particularly symptomatic […]
POST #16: ||||||||| Tonian |||||||||| DAY 3 ON SITE: REPORT #1 A lot of very wonderful things happened today. My appreciation of them was certainly clouded by the 24-7 thinking that I seem to become engulfed in during these short-period […]
POST #17: ||||||||| Cryogenian |||||||||| DAY 3 ON SITE: REPORT pt.2 I dried off and walked back to Dunbar along one of the most diverse walks on Britain’s coastline. A magical walk but I spent a large portion of the […]
This week’s selection of shows includes the first major survey of Japanese artist Shimabuku and a closer look at self-portraiture.
