Today I have started researching the individual objects on Varo’s stave, and begun developing my interpretations. Some are going to be different from my earlier performance, now that I’ve done some more reading. One that I skipped past in my […]
I have finally finished work on my painting, which will be part of the work I put forward for the degree show. It was quite an intense week of painting, as I raced to finish before the colours I had […]
of late i’ve stretched myself a little too thinly across all the projects that i find myself interested in. i’m now aware of this and have taken steps to ensure that i rest this week and enjoy myself again. the […]
‘it starts with embarrassment and ends with hope’ I’ve just been watching Damien Hirst ‘The First Look’ on TV – an interview about his forthcoming exhibition at Tate Modern and I’ve pinched (in the spirit of his art) this quote […]
For any of you who have read my other blog ‘PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION’ this is the project that I have been working on for some time. It is the last part of my ACE supported project entitled ‘GrowYourOwn*BlowYourOwn’ (GYO*BYO). […]
Today I have started the field recording in Brno, Czech Republic for “Kraków to Venice in 12 hours” project. The project is based on the structure of a 12-hour clock, with time as a connecting element between several locations. 12 […]
Ok. I am getting the plot back. Spent the first part of the morning choosing a moth to hang by its feet to draw; as you do. Something that had been brewing for a while. Really fast work. Pleased with […]
Blowtorched the faded sections to bring them back up to a gorgeous velvety blackness. Finished (well my hard working assistant finished) the hessian and bitumen tie covers. I’m hoping I have enough of them prepared. Attached the last of the […]
First day at the empty shop project. It took just one full day to make ‘Runnners Sports’ disappear from the building, quite sad really. Gerald Curtis settled in well (see www.a-n.co.uk/p/2092711) Our shop looks amazing, it has so much potential, […]
Reyahn King explores the role of galleries within professional development for visual artists. In the current climate, how can professional development for visual artists be continued and improved? This paper suggests that one answer lies in the relationship between publicly-funded regional galleries and visual artists becoming wider, deeper, and more strongly valued.
Newcastle based artist, writer and blogger Iris Priest is currently one of AA2A artists in residence at Northumbria University. Here she talks to Andrew Bryant about art as an ‘impulse’, the driving engine behind CANNED, the magazine she edits, and the ‘binding’ nature of language.
Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
2 – 30 March 2012
Space Station 65, London
30 March – 25 May 2012
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
30 March – 13 May 2012
Bureau Gallery, Manchester
30 March – 12 May 2012
