Dialogue box GREEN / REGEN Kate Lynch, 2010 Found lithographs, vinyl on polycarbonate sheets ‘GREEN’ is an anagram of ‘REGEN’. The circular form of the text allows both of these words to be read and reflects the regenerative cycle of […]
Having potentially dug a hole for myself re thinking and doing, I have been trying to explore what it means for me. Paintings and drawing are somehow approached elliptically. Their making is achieved through a discrete approach, an almost pretending […]
I sometimes worry that my blog is a bit negative with all the legal rubbish that’s kicked off. So it was a relief to read Becky Hunter’s comments … and that my experiences haven’t put her off setting up studios […]
I have just done my first open studio for BVA in Oswestry.. As I do not live in Oswestry I showed my work with glass artist Rachael.. As I have not done this before I was not sure want to […]
Passing through my thoughts lately has been the misguided statement that ‘children are very resilient’. I’m sure this refers to them simply carrying on with life because it’s all they know how to do. Everything is new to a child […]
I have been struggling to make work over the past week, and not for lack of ideas or materials or even time… The thing i have been struggling with has been trying to work in a studio which is actually […]
FAFF2010 submission deadline has gone and Fundada is now wading through the amazing quantity of post we have received from all over the world. Fundada has taken to the quiet corners of bars and cafes across the Pennines for the […]
Part 2 I just called Louise Bourgeois a “shaykha .” What is that? In the part of the world where I come from, it’s a word coming from the root “shaikukha” which means “old age.” It’s an Arabic word used […]
THE DEATH OF THE SHAYKHA a eulogy for Louise Bourgeois While I was drawing in my studio in the early hours of June 1 2010 with the radio on, the last item on the news stopped me in my tracks. […]
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
3 February – 21 March 2010
Just a qucik before i go have full day of art. Going to my old unis degree show kingston and then of livert art platform fresh at queen marys. Let you know what i think later. Do solitary already so […]
Hi there. It’s been a while again hasn’t it? All my energy has been going into getting through everything at the moment. There’s still a lot on, but I can see the end in sight a bit more now (july […]
Sickness Ebb tide in appetite- cannot eat, cannot sleep, diary is all that is left to me. My companion and I have been struck down with an ague or is it a pox? I know no more than we make […]
Yours Testily Hi Alex, I’m afraid the designers still aren’t happy with this size, they really need something to the spec below. Do you think it is possible to get this to us as soon as you can? Our deadline […]