Putting my head down, I just solidly caught up on the painting waiting to be done and got the colour relationships in place. Gulping down a late lunch of a plate of mozzarella salad, and a chunk of chocolate, I […]
just got back off holiday, will be continiung my blog when i get back to aberystwyth on thursday. i didnt get into the BP Award, but never mind….
For the last month I've been reading these early 20th century, late 19th century, big hitting German masters: Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke and now Friedrick Nietzche's ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra. There is a lot of music in them all-music mentioned […]
On Wednesday I worked with Simon and Hamish, countryside officers, on a childrens activity day. We made some paper and went out pond dipping and then came back to work on some sculptures and bind their paper sheets together to […]
John Mirk's Festial is an early fifteenth century collection of sermons for the major saints and festivals of the church year, for use by priests who were not learned or ambitious enough to find sermon materials for themselves. These sermons […]
on washing windows i developed a special technique for this task: soak and scrub :) and it is as hard as i thought it will be… i was washing windows today in alistair kendry's studio. because the windows are very […]
I am writing this from Zagreb, from a friend of mines computer. We met each other today after more then fifteen years. I cant believe it…such a long time…He left, like myself at the beginning of the war, in 1992. […]
Sculptor Andrew Sabin is presenting new work in an exhibition now showing at Canary Wharf’s Jubilee Park. Previous public realm projects include being lead artist on the Sustrans Wandle Trail in Surrey and commissioned artist in Canterbury City Council’s Horsebridge […]
The £83 million Arts Council England fund for Grants for the Arts (G4A) has been cut by 35% to £54 million for 2007/08 with falling lottery ticket sales and the first of the Olympics raids on these funds blamed. With […]
Royal Scottish Academy
3 March 2007 to 4 April 2007
Having spoken to my local Arts Council England officer several times on the phone, and attended a workshop I submitted my Arts Council England proposal and also called up Leeds Council to talk through my requirements with the roaming Parks […]
AvatarsSomewhere in deep cyberspace I have an avatar . Well, actually its lodged in Second Life and I am one of the 5million who have registered since last July. At that time there were only 330,000 there.However, my avatar lies […]
Brian Eno recently had an exhibition of ‘One Million Paintings.' He wisely leaves them as light images on a screen or printouts. Painting is difficult and can't be done with the click of a wrist. What painting does is bring […]
Artnaos has started its tour and is now in Artium 2 of Guy's Hospital.
I've noticed that contemporary art often seems to highlight gritty urban themes, while rurally-based work seems to fall into a few well-worn areas like agriculture/science, nature/culture or botany/sex. I guess one of my aims for Festial is to do something […]
Tactile BOSCH
10 October 2006 to 10 October 2006
Chintan Upadhyay and Bose Krishnamachari have been voicing their concerns about Indian curatorial practice through their art projects for the last few years. Considering their arguments, JohnyML says that Indian curatorial practice is going through a phase of crisis; a phase of identity crisis.
As a follow-up to his article in March a-n Magazine Terry Anderson, President of the Scottish Artists Union presents his case for a re-appraisal of the proposed Culture (Scotland) Bill.
Leeds Metropolitan University Gallery
3 March 2007 to 4 April 2007
Projects unedited blog by Imogen Bardwell
I'm preparing for my first feast day in St Andrew's church, Wood Dalling. Before that, I think a small launch party will be in order after all the work that's gone into planning the project and securing Grants for the […]
email teaser is out: this week one opened eye, next week one closed eye, the week after that full invite and then a day before the private view a reminder… oh, have just heard some publications are going to write […]
I am struck by the way women keep their pieces of clothing, wrapped in a sheet, or in travel bags, plastic bags, suitcases… One of the women, Jovana, who is 97 years old, pulled out a dusty old suitcase from […]
very exiting day today! the invitations have just arrived! seeing them printed out it's really rewarding! I just like the idea of sending out to people and handing them in hand…it's seems very official once you have something printed that you can show […]
Astonished to find that my seahorse web movie has got 17 ratings on YouTube, and for the first couple of weeks it hardly moved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5arlAweuzg Suddenly its taken off. This is part of what is known as the "long tail" […]