Starting to Construct Spent an enjoyable morning constructing digital trial compositions. The proposal for the final artwork will need to be approved by the project board but experimenting with formats and software ensures as far as possible I have all […]
Home Ground I’m not very good at this am I? My last post was in the spring when I had just embarked on the process of implementing what I had called my ‘Grand Plan’. This was so named half tongue […]
Contentment is comprised of a sunny autumnal day, a pot of glue and some fabric. Tea helps too. I decided that being admin fixated and formfilling monster were doing me no good. So this is what I’ve been doing this […]
I would like to offer my delight and huge thanks to the following people who have supported my Kickstarter Project so far; Alex BradleyBev BroadheadJasmina BosnjakKelly ChorpeningCarrie CreamerMadeleine CreamerPhilomena & Bertie CreamerCharlene CurranKaren DavidStephen FelminghamRebecca FortnumSue KenningtonJane Hamilton WhatlingMary HeagneyMia […]
There was an open newspaper in the office, dated sometime in September. In it was an article about proposed changes of business rates to several art related venues in Liverpool. The fact that it hadn’t been thrown away, highlighted the […]
John Harrison Yallop Yallop is a very interesting character to explore in this project, There are some almost comic moments within his life which seperate him from other commissioners who were perhaps more philanthropically minded. He became the agent for […]
Days 10 & 11 Studio visits at Künstlerhaus Bethanien A few days prior to this visit, we each selected which artists we would like to visit from the 18 currently undertaking a studio residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, a […]
To Margate to Margate to visit the Turner…and collect my work from the Harbour Arm Gallery. Dropped in to see my work in situ before it all came down. I thought it looked a bit bland, although I am told […]
As Frieze Art Fair opens this week, a-n’s Director asks if we need to think about how art market growth could aid artists’ careers.
One of Mark Rothko’s Seagram murals at Tate Modern has been vandalised.
Holden Gallery & Project Space Collect 2012, Manchester & London
16 July – 17 August 2012
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
13 September – 1 November 2012
Liverpool (various), Liverpool
15 September – 25 November 2012
Context is half the work The Individual and the Organisation: Artist Placement Group (APG) 1966 – 1979 at Raven Row, is a must see exhibition for anyone who is interested in context, dialogue and placements. APG sought to place artists […]
I wondered if I had about three blogs ongoing, that would cover all aspects of my artistic life. And all I did was update in a circular pattern! I wont do that. But this blog having been started kind of […]
DONTCHA JUST LOVE DOLLIES? Maybe not the first thing I would have thought might come out of the Rink project but it’s an idea I fleetingly mentioned way back, which is now about to happen. I am having a doll […]
Our inaugaural sockateer for sock B! :work hereafter officially referred to as: B(2) Dear Sockateer L Thank you for your wonderful addition to sock B and for being our first artist to alter B. I have photographed your addition here […]
1. Tell us about your work: what kind of performance do you make; how long have you been active; what excites you about live art; where have you performed in the past? (150 words) My performances are low-tech and literal, […]
Its Monday, it’s 4 O’Clock, its about the closest I think I’m going to get to a regular blog spot! Its quite fun seeing the lengths change, and additions to length of individual socks rather than switching between. All of […]
Public Feedback We had an open studio/Art trail this weekend. About 65 visitors visited the studio. This was the first time that I had displayed my work to the public. I wasn’t sure how I would feel. In my previous […]
Response to questions of a Mathematical nature This isn’t the post I’m planning on big maths, just a repsonse to some of the things raised last week. Dear S, what you’ve done hasn’t set a precident. Things change, the model […]
