
Degree Shows 2018: This week’s openings
As degree show season enters its final stretch, we highlight several final-year undergraduate and postgraduate shows that are opening this week.
As degree show season enters its final stretch, we highlight several final-year undergraduate and postgraduate shows that are opening this week.
People are asking what my plan is this year. Presumably because it is my third season there is an assumption that there is a clear route, which is far from the case. If I have a plan, it is simply […]
Image credit: Kat Hall, a Plymouth College of Art observer intern A very early start to day three of Jamboree – up and dressed for a 430am walk and talk session led by Bram Arnold: ‘From Civil Twilight To […]
I’ll be the Caravanserai Artist in Resident at Cambridge Artworks from 3 – 23rd July. This will be my home! During my residency I will be conducting a period of fieldwork to collect visual and topographical information from the surfaces […]
Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th May 2018 In May 2018 I was invited to be a resident artist on the Suffolk Soundcamp along with Fred Bungay, Kyle Kruse and Neil Stringfellow, by artist and curator Daniella Kay Ash. The Suffolk […]
Taking place on the idyllic Dartington Estate in Devon the a-n-supported Jamboree 2018 brought together 150 artists, curators and programmers from across the UK for lively discussion and the exchange of ideas. Hannah Pierce, a-n’s external programmes and partnerships manager, shares the key things she learnt from the event’s four days.
Herewith a few research notes: Palladian architecture (on which the Palladian style of the bridges in Russell Gardens is based): from Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) a Ventian architect. Emphasis is on symmetry and proportion. Came to England through Inigo Jones (1573 […]
this is nice – a wednesday morning and i sit down to write a blog post. on radio 4 is a dialogue between male politician and female reporter, electoral fraud was mentioned briefly however my focus is on the renewed […]
The new director of Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry will join the gallery from Northampton’s NN Contemporary.
The second day of preparations for excavation, uncovering Trenches T and J. The tyres are removed using a long line or people to roll them to where they will be stacked. The tarpaulin is pulled from the trench and laid […]
Having gone through the revelatory, exciting, crazy and exhausting process of creating the forest, I finally have a moment to upload some photos from the completed installation. My aim was to create a space where people could relax their attention […]
In Brief: News briefing featuring national and international stories including: Statue of St George ‘restoration’ does not go to plan; Ethiopia calls for Ten Commandments tablet concealed inside an altar at Westminster Abbey to be returned; draft Scottish culture strategy published.
The British Council has been criticised over its decision to remove its logo from the catalogue for the show ‘We Suffer To Remain’, which features work by local artists and Graham Fagen’s Venice Biennale 2015 work, The Slave’s Lament, due to ‘political content’.
Yep, in every sense of the words. I am really struggling with my work at the moment. I’ve got several projects on the go and I hate every one of them. I don’t know what it is, but I just […]
People wander across the neighbourhood slipping into any several of the 17 houses spread across from Finchley through East Finchley to Muswell Hill. Finding moments of beauty, a mix of works which appeal or don’t, intrigue, appall, little bits of […]
The first drawing of the day. The first actions for the archaeologists is uncovering the site by removing all the car tyres that have been holding the tarpaulins down. This is followed by bailing out very unpleasant water. Finally the […]
‘Sinead’ (2018) Acrylic on canvas Time: 00:17 am Date: 1.07.18 (at the time of starting to write post) Mood: Feeling Small.. Listening To: Just the tick of the clock! Making A Start: So this is very late (0r early!) post, […]