Wakefield Artwalk 25/01/12 Westgate Studios Project Space: Stephen White: Check Board Days A solo show featuring original hand pulled screen prints, original paintings and limited edition T-shirts by the Sheffield based artist Stephen White at Westgate Studio, Wakefield. For this […]
#tweetart We have a small, self-contained gallery space in our studio (Westgate Studio, Wakefield, UK) which was formerly The Prince Albert and is now white-walled, tidy and has become the latest incarnation of PEEP! gallery; an ongoing curatorial project since […]
I’ve written a few posts already in projects unedited www.a-n.co.uk/p/1832928/ I decided to move the writing about my MA onto degrees unedited in the run up to September when my course finishes. I’m currently working on translating the distribution of […]
MA Fine Art: Site and Archive Intervention
Finished the modelling paste acrylic painting…finally! (i really don’t like it compared to oil painting, but as an experiment it seems to have worked pretty well). 2 more paintings to finish off today then sketchbook work ’til i go crazy. […]
The Collection Plate has been collected. Its contents examined and archived – in that I have photographed and listed both the start and finish of the project. When I put in the proposal I was reacting to the curator’s interest […]
Since returning to this blog with a new (and steely) determination to continue with some regularity, I have had a a revelation. 1. At the weekend everything goes to pot. This really should be no surprise. Every Monday morning I […]
So far 2012 has been really really busy: seem to have spent all my time at meetings, but the good news is that I have been awarded a bursary to go to the State of the Arts conference up at […]
The Showroom, London
13 January 2012
New Art Exchange, Nottingham
14 January – 31 March 2012
There’s been a flurry of media excitement about the upsurge in artist’s activity in northern cities driven by opportunities arising out of the economic downturn, most recently with Radio 4’s PM visiting Sheffield. We talked to artist Matthew Conduit, who raised concerns about the sustainability of this activity on PM, about the reality of the situation for artists
Geoff Francis, 'Geoff Francis', oils.
I have had the dreaded lurgy- chest infection and all. Thankfully after Christmas, but am only now beginning to feel human agin. Sadly with it comes the realisation that I am now behind with everything , but still lacking the […]
In 2009 a simultaneous filming of the casts at the Harris Museum, Preston and the Baptistry, Florence took place. The text below recalls the intervention as a conversation between the spaces. Absorb the historic surroundings; ancient, powerful and majestic buildings […]
Gosh, haven’t blogged on here since the beginning of December! By mid Dec the kids were off school, so I was forced to take time out to play hostess to my Mum and brother for Christmas. I can’t say I […]
show time again – have cut & paste blurb from mail out below. If anyone coming to Folkestone – please pop in. First time in 7 years for solo showing. xxxxx I will be showcasing ‘OVUM’, a new work in […]
Another week of sorting. The studio is starting to feel like somewhere that I can work – though I have to move a couple of things so that I can set up ‘an idea’ I have had. It is interesting […]
‘So What?’was playing in the background whilst I was working on this. The question, like the music, is insistent. I placed the words next to the bird, looking back at me.
Shadow Portraits ‘M’as -Tu Vue’ by Sophie Calle has arrived today – a book that I’ve been meaning to get for a long time. Her work fascinates me, she’s nosey and quirky, a brilliant combination. I’ve been busy remaking Tom’s […]
Congratulations to Leo Fitzmaurice on winning the 2011 Northern Art Prize!
Published today on The Guardian’s Culture professionals blog.
Adrian Navarro, 'Ring #14', Oil, acrylic and digital printing on canvas, 2011.
Reuben Colley, 'Albion Vaults', Oil on canvas. Courtesy: Reuben Colley Fine Arts.