NO PARKING
NO PARKING is a Derby based collective. We are occupying a shop for 1 week in Derby City Centre and filling it with ART. I'm blogging bits and pieces of how it unfolds from where I sit.
NO PARKING is a Derby based collective. We are occupying a shop for 1 week in Derby City Centre and filling it with ART. I'm blogging bits and pieces of how it unfolds from where I sit.
fine art. stuff and things, mainly.
One of the places I thought I would be sure to find at least a certain amount of artists working on the 'edge' of printmaking technologies was the IPCNY (International Print Centre, New York). http://www.ipcny.org/The IPCNY which has been up […]
Having scoured Derby for the right building we have all fallen for the delightful number 2 Cheapside. It suits us perfectly. We are so enchanted with the space and all begin behaving like potential newly wed first time buyers from […]
and there is only about 8 weeks of timetabled time left. and i can't work out whether i'm beating the game or whether the game is beating me. i seem to have managed to find time to do lots of […]
and here are some pictures of my practical work so far.
It took two of us about an hour to wrap each of the paintings on Thursday; the studio was just wide enough to accommodate the packaging. After the recent gale force winds, I was relieved when I woke up to […]
and so the first half of the project is compleat, i cast a life size sculpture of mark rothko after he committed suicide. which was a huge success. but the second half of the project is going to prove much […]
Bloomsberg Space, London
12 January 2006 – 23 February 2008
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art , Oslo
12 January – 23 March 2008
I am taking a BA(hons) Fine Art degree at the University of Derby. The course is really well structured and encourages contemporary arts of all disciplines. The facilities are second to none with a new purpose built campus dedicated to […]
I finally saw Doris Salcedo's ripp in the tissues of the Art Megamarket. Not to criticize the institution, I love it. Nevertheless this massive structure is a convenient one-stop shop for all who seek 'cultural virtue' as an addition to […]
My final year seems to be dissapearing as fast as my finances. We are just approaching Easter and I have a ludicrous amount of work to do. I had a draft proposal tutorial last week and the lecturer seemed a […]
White, white paint, white walls. Flat trade matt white…such a lovely paint and such a lot of walls to cover…I can't help being distracted into using my large wide brush for mark-making on an epic scale…then developing the image into […]
ANONYMOUS '08 Student Postcard Show I am currently curating a student postcard show exhibiting at Derby Museum and Art Gallery in conjunction with the University of Derby and the Art Gallery. There will be original postcard sized artworks and 3d […]
08/02/08 Making slow progress homeward. As planned I broke my journey in London by going to see Artfutures at the Bloomberg space. I met up with Lawrence and Anna without whom I would have been nervous entering the forbidding corporate […]
So it is off the the States in January! Inishlacken – a place apart is to tour to The Redhouse Gallery in Syracuse. Those who are interested can see the gallery website at www.theredhouse.org. I am hopeful that I will […]
after a long wait, a beautiful envelope arrived. i've attached images of what i saw as i unwrapped the package….i'm trying to think of a peaceful 'enveloping' (!) image to match the lovely vibe….px