Ostrava Continued As the first orientation point we visited the Nove Radnice (new town hall) – largest town hall complex in Czech Republic, it was build in 1925-1930 and it is one of many examples of modernist architecture in town. […]
I’ve been reading Michael Atavar’s ‘How to be an Artist’ (top tips always appreciated) and finding it working in a very serendipitous way. Dipping in at random – like taking a fortune card, I have always found something pertinant to […]
As Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery relaunches with a renewed vigour for artist development, its director shares the lessons learnt over a challenging and rewarding year-and-a-half.
Blackall Studios, Shoreditch, London
5 – 8 August 2012
Out of the Blue, Edinburgh
2 – 30 August 2012
‘Jobs for the Boys’. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01l7wqh A great short programme on Radio 4’s ‘Thinking Allowed’ re new Evidence that there is still great discrimnation in the arts and that unless you come from a middle class background it is still very […]
I arrived in Leicester yesterday, and today is day 1 of installing and making my work. It’s a little bit like a 4 day micro residency with a private view on the 5th day. The space is huge, so my […]
Artifical Hells by Claire Bishop is out – GREAT READ! http://clairebishopresearch.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06…
Read on line and on paper: The Long Nineties Revisiting art’s social turn and the 1990s – the decade that has yet to end http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/the-long-ninet…
With two months to go to my solo show on 10th Oct there is still a fair bit to do. See enclosed the studio….
Just listened to a podcast – Christopher Townsend on the Physicality of Drawing. Interesting comments on the importance of agency and the pain of touch. Spent some time in the studio earlier and started this piece of work, which could […]
That is it! I am finished with The Summer Exhibition. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT! I remember back in the mid 1980’s when my father bemoaned the lack of quality of said exhibition and going just after I had finished my A […]
I had a discussion with my friend who is also in the inhospitable show at the bridewell to push some ideas around a bit. We agreed that with little time to get something together it doesn’t really allow enough time […]
While the Olympics has helped highlight artistic, as well as sporting achievements, much still needs to be done to create sustainable careers in the arts.
As Olympic fever continues to grip the nation, we pay a visit to a multi-disciplinary exhibition that’s brimming with team spirit.
