Cameron’s Big Society has been criticised for being a cover for spending cuts. Its proposal to shift power from central government to communities and volunteers is not enough to maintain services that will be compromised by deep cuts, many argue.
Dan Thompson’s letter in response to the State of the Arts conference
Dany Louise’s response to State of the Arts conference
Concerning the word ‘spiritual’ in art. Mark Dean considers the historical roots of art’s contemporary alliances to spirituality and asks whether art is the new religion.
Poussin Gallery, London
11 February – 12 March 2011
This blog will document my journey through an MA in Fine Art with the Open College of the Arts. It is the first MA of it’s kind (Fine Art via distance learning), hence the title. It will also form the […]
I’ll not start this post with an apology for my prolonged absence. I’ve been busy….. okay???? No Group Therapy has not stopped, its just becoming more ambitious and is therefore going to take much longer…… and suffer from larger gaps […]
So much has happened within the last couple of days. We had a lecture by Martin Parr on Wednesday and then had a seminar and tutorials with Fred Mann (of Fred Gallery, London) on Thursday last week. Firstly, Martin Parr’s […]
I was thinking a bit more about the syncronised dancing routines and how the order of them is in contrast to the chaos of the street. This led me back to Backstreet Boys and so I was watching videos of […]
Anthony Schrag begins the first stage of his residency at Standpoint Anthony Schrag’s practice is largely based around the phenomenological. In this sense the artist chooses to focus on the physical sensations of the body, as opposed to intellectual or […]
Setting the tone (or: ‘good art takes courage’) Post by Anthony Schrag Part 1 Being the first resident, I feel there’s a lot of pressure on me to set the right kind of tone the Futures programme 2011 via this […]
The question of artist studios keeps coming back. This is what I’m thinking about at the moment: In 1964 Lucas Samaras moved the contents of his studio-bedroom into a gallery space where it was displayed as an artwork entitled Room […]
Post by Anthony Schrag Part 2 Interestingly, one of the essays that was firing around was Claire Bishop’s Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics which related to this notion of social cohesion. To paraphrase her (quoting Laclau and Mouffe): “a democratic society […]
Dummies and divine sense (or following the same paths and learning the same way) “On occasion I am dressed accordingly and on these occasions I get to lie about who I am. When wearing clothes I get to wander through […]
Some text/essays exchanged over the two weeks of Anthony’s research trip in relation to Anthony’s practice and the initial proposal Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics – Claire Bishop An essay on ‘socially engaged art’ with the relationship between the institution and […]
Leo Fitzmaurice begins his residency at Standpoint Leo will be be at Standpoint from 21st Feb – 26th March 2011 There will be a public presentation of his work at the end of his residency Leo on the 24th and […]
