3 DAYS BEFORE THE OPENING.. .. INSTALLATION VIEWS. I WILL LAUNCH MY PROJECT ADD TO MY LIBRARY part 1, @ PROP SHOW ORGANISED BY DEPARTURE GALLERY (CURATOR LOUISE ASHCROFT ) LONDON. OPENING PARTY FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER Reviewed by Art Licks […]
Finally sttling into the visiting artists’ house in the quiet suburb of Observatory, favoured by packbackers and well served by pubs, bars and eateries. i have a presentation to make on Thursday at Greatmore’s Open Studio event at which the […]
Haven’t heard from Carl yet but as I have had a day off today I’ve worked on the logs and have nearly finished. Just need to put on a few more layers now, but I have to wait until the […]
setting off tommorow morning, organised kids & pets, nearly packed, chargers aplenty, back-up camera and lists ticked. looking forward to my liverpudlian adventure. will report back when i return unless i find some internet access lying around.
Since the last entry, apart from school starting for my kids (an intense time of transition for everyone), and the opening of the shape of things show at Flow Gallery last week, I have been buried in text editing for […]
Going through a major de-cluttering of studio and office before embark on new work though I have started on a book about Wales with my usual regime of a minimum of 1,000 words a day. Also developing some Ipad work. […]
In response to David Minton’s post #56. Everything is a class-based tribal totem, not just tasteful objects, our thoughts, ethics, language, everything is a symbol. The choices we make, the judgments we follow; we accept or reject them because we […]
Glut Two joyous dawn events to gladden my heart! The orange bags have arrived! In addition to this, Miss Dover informed our downstairs neighbors that their waste is blocking our courtyard (by email). This morning she received apologetic reply and […]
It seems the decision as to when I should leave this first section and move onto the second one has been made for me. I have an Open studios weekend coming up 1 – 3 October at my Euroart studio […]
Sono arrivato! I have made it safe and sound to Firenze. I am tired though, so this won’t be much of a blog, but I’ll share a few brief observations from my notebook that I’ve been jotting down since I […]
This year I have spent too much time sorting out exhibitions and being frustrated by (still) dormant landlords, agents and owners of empty shops. When the Photofringe asked if I would do another exhibition I decided that it would be […]
Someone said to me yesterday: “Every time I see a dead crow now I think of you…” I’ll see that as a compliment then.
so i am curating a show in the screening room at the Bargate Monument Gallery in Southampton. It opened on saturday and will be there for 6 weeks. it comprises three consecutive 2 week periods, each showing a 30 – […]
Back to reality – studio time dwindling. I spent the entire day at the Salisbury Arts Centre, initially to meet with other workshop leaders and discuss the future impending funding cuts etc., fire drills and day to day stuff, then […]
A mobile exhibition wanders around a city late at night. A news photographer captures the event.
Ruthin Gaol, Nantclwyd y Dre and Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
28 – 30 August 2010
Backlit, Nottingham
12 March – 3 April 2010
Box, Nottingham
12 January 2010
Royal Academy of Arts (publisher), London
30 April 2010 – 31 December 2030
Jeni McConnell, 'Engaging Debate', installation, August 2010. Photo: Jeni McConnell. Courtesy: Jeni McConnell. State chair used by Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary (Town Hall collection) faces an oak pew (Norton Priory Museum). They sit astride a bed of coal and salt, divided by the central line of the River Mersey. What could this discussion between these four elements be about?