Helen Scalway’s concluding exhibition at St George’s Arts, ‘Pattern and Place’ opened yesterday evening with a well attended private view that became something rather more than that. Helen had asked early music soprano, Sophia Brumfitt to ‘sing the drawings’ (this […]
When I was in Milan last week I saw a huge demonstration by students against cuts to University budgets. The last time I saw anything like that here was when they brought in fees – at eca we all went […]
One of the things that has become apparent to me of late is that when I’m instinctively drawn to the work of another artist the odds are, if I dig a little deeper there will be significant links to my […]
13th October, 2010. Well I have given the Carnival clown a week or so to ponder over! And no I didn’t put scissors through it! I decided to paint the two masks back white, with subtle shading which I like […]
Good news! The funding is now confirmed so things shift a gear and the next phase begins. the Chinese learning is progressing slowly: I can ask for directions, though whether I’d understand the answer is an open point. A funny […]
Stargazing the sea floor In my own private den an aquatic ablution Purification purgation a Baptism in my own bedding A soaking sacrament to salt water lips film documenting performance at Viareggio Beach, Italy.
After what felt like a long time away, I visited Culpeper the other day to take a new batch of 35mm slides. It certainly feels autumnal now: bright and blustery, the colours are changing to darker greens, reds, oranges. Berries […]
Another group of children today this time years 4 and 5 – for a woodland research walk – they were great! All got lots of leaves and bark etc and enjoyed making their project books. I wanted to show them […]
I think ‘intervals’ could possess my work for the whole year. I keep finding intervals in everything I’m doing at the moment. Take, Carnival, I seeing the intervals between bodies, between trucks, between tunes played on the steelpan. Liming intervals. […]
Musee Reattu, Arles
1 July – 31 December 2010
Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
18 September – 28 November 2010
Liverpool John Moores’ University, Liverpool
7 October 2010
Arts Council heavily criticised and arts community accused of ‘scaremongering’ during heated inquiry into funding of arts and heritage by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
I was photocopying and pasting with enthuse today! Its been a full filling time articulating my ideas and working out my next steps. Looking at the Artist Dan Graham and the work he does which is very architectural. This is […]
