JOHN BALDESSARI Serendipity took me to see John Baldessari at the weekend at Tate Modern. It began on Friday afternoon when I was 20 minutes early to collect my children from the child minder, due to the traffic being lighter […]
In response to Abbi Torrance (thanks for your comment): Is it true that Visual Art specifically, and cultural activity in general, signify group membership or exclusion? Could one argue that art is only valid if it refers to a group […]
cont. JOHN BALDESSARI My sons favourite piece was The backs of all the trucks passed while driving from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, California, Sunday, 20 January 1963 (1963). I like it too and remember seeing a video remake of […]
These are some shots of Contraction 1 from various angles. Comments are appreciated.
various, glass. Photo: various. various selested artists
Pam Skelton, 'Portrait of Shaheen', acrylic on canvas, 2000.
Pauline Pratt, 'Precipitating DNA from 'The Waiting Room'', 2006.
Cipriano Martinez, 'Dislocation', Silkscreen print.
Machi de Waard, 'Silver Bud'.
Mark Lomax, 'The Secret', Altered Book, mixed media, 2009. Photo: mark lomax.
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
28 November 2009 – 24 January 2010
What can I exchange? I can’t help but think of using myself, my foreignness as a thing to offer to people in Chongqing. I have been told that I will probably get stared at but I wonder if this will […]
Have all my scans lined up and operation scheduled for next week. Might as well be upfront about the “ill health” – it’s breast cancer and I’ll only know what it’s like as I’m going through it. However, I am […]
What would life be like without these online spaces now? It is almost impossible for me to imagine. I’m definitely in agreement with Jonathan Moss in his latest post. It has opened up a whole world of communication and support […]
Pretty quiet on the Anatomy & Drawing front over the last month. I have not been to life classes since before Christmas and am unlikely to get to any until the weather improves. This is due to a combination of […]
The undefined, the past allowing the future to flourish, spaces never being finished. These thoughts in my work run over to this project. How I may reflect them through the drawings of the house I am yet to decide, but […]
A stolen night in a hotel A stolen night in a hotel, followed by a sleeping bag in the kitchen and divided worlds on faceless heads. A fleece skirt of best friends and a present thrown through the door. Nine […]
Gustav Metzger: Decades 1959-2009 29 September- 8 November Serpentine Gallery A distorting between A) the hidden Facade. History of violations entwined with the guilt that you in turn have told us we need to feel. Guilt for a feeling not […]