What makes good art? I’m struggling with this one as I look up at the works of Sylvia Sleigh and just don’t get it. There was quite a build up to this exhibition, as we were promised ‘ a realist […]
For this painting I decided to use a black background to create a dreamlike and disjointed appearance. I wanted the objects in the room to appear unanchored, seeming to float in the space, separate from the surrounding walls and floor. […]
Critical spaces – Local, critical support networks for artists working in social contexts. An initiative by Hannah Hull in partnership with ixia public art think tank. Piloting in Birmingham, Newcastle and Bristol. http://criticalspaces.wordpress.com/
For this interior I continued the idea of painting brightly-coloured objects on a black background, but temporarily departed from the theme of contemporary interiors to use some period elements, such as the georgian window. I did this as I thought […]
Entrance Hall, Eltham Palace- December 2012-January 2013 – This drawing was done as a practice at getting the feel for the detail and proportions of the rest of the entrance hall at Eltham Palace, in preparation for choosing another area […]
The ‘colossal masking arm’. Today I scared myself by making a sculpture that miniaturised its surroundings and made its predecessor ‘masking arms’ look like puppies. The height and scale has made some thing very intimidating, making you approach it with […]
Whilst mixing paint to use recently, I noticed the noises and motion that came about through the action of actually mixing the paint. Perhaps it’s because of the topic I wrote about for the dissertation which was the consideration of […]
Sporting League: Game 18 Universo edged it in their game against Olby, with a cool strike from their in-form winger on the stroke of half-time. Post match interview excerpt… Pundit L: ‘I thought some of your senior players seemed to […]
I Moustache You a Question About These Contemporary Paintings Attached to this post are two images of sketches to new paintings that have yet to be produced physically. The first image contains sketches of the proposed ‘moustache paintings’ (see post […]
Dieter Roth is an artist who I have conducted a lot of research on as of late due to his way of display within collecting. I find his work very interesting by how personal his collections are to him. This […]
Mock Artist Talk +4 Q: A few weeks have passed since your debut solo show ‘Grandfather’ at Airspace Gallery from 25 January to 2 February. Where did the motivation to create the surprisingly different paintings featured in the show come […]
Well that was an enlightening rehearsal – literally: I had discovered that the gas lighter for my piece had been used up on the gas cooker at ]Performance Space[! I got to the space at 1:30 and had several challenges: […]
Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery is encouraging ‘user-generated’ content via its CG Associates scheme, which includes the Launch Pad series of short exhibitions. We find out more from artist Maurice Carlin and the gallery’s Deputy Director Clarissa Corfe.
Arts funding body Creative Scotland has announced who will be interviewing applicants for the job of new Chief Executive, as well as plans for a series of open meetings about changes at the organisation.
The Cavendish Arms, Stockwell
7 February 2013
Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee
18 January – 16 February 2013
It is the night before my rehearsal: Monday morning 00:10. I have sorted the PR leaflets, distributed a load via post and in person on Saturday, completed the risk assessment form. I have had so much help – I am […]
Been looking to see what works best in this space and would like to explore the possibility of projecting a image within the baby walker, filmed myself playing with the bricks that came with the walker.Have spoken to the technicians […]
a bastian of darts will encourage the dart player to “beat up” his opponent. the summariser of a 6 nations rugby match will say the same. a policeman when talking of the qualities needed in volunteer stewards at a public […]
I’m still waiting to hear about the Open Space funding I applied for. I had hoped it would all be sorted mid January, but it hasn’t materialised, and I’ve heard no more about it. I was starting to get past […]
Two things have been swimming around in my head together over the last couple of days. Well, actually, there’s plenty swimming about in there, but these two things happened to crash together in a way I thought interesting, and pertinent […]
