‘On Drawing’ is an artistic research project that explores the connections between thinking and drawing in the realms of arts & science. Supported by a-n (artist company) Artist Bursaries 2018 and using public funding by Arts Council England
The annual guide captures the buzz and excitement around degrees season with a wide range of content, listings and adverts for shows across the UK. Includes an interview with conceptual artist Ryan Gander, plus ‘Class of 2018’ final-year students give an honest assessment of their experiences, working processes and hopes for their degree shows. Available on issuu and as downloadable pdf.
We took the kids to YSP yesterday and upstairs in the chapel overlooking Chiharo Shiota’s installation is a small book on silence. The kids’ bags provided in the gallery also contain ear defenders for blocking out sound whilst creating sculptures […]
3 void train tickets I’ve been carrying around in my diary for about 8 years. VOID VOID VOID VOID If you repeat any word long enough it becomes a non-word A sound A w-o-r-d Noun: A single distinct meaningful element […]
Vanessa and I took the train to Sheffield and back on Saturday. Vanessa has a disabled persons railcard so it cost us £14 total with me travelling as her carer for the journey. We had a notebook, train wine and […]
So while waiting to hear whether my work will be included in an exhibition in Dalby Forest I have been sorting out stuff in the studio and getting rid of old work that does not speak to me … I am […]
This summer I have the delight to be showing at the Other Art Fair Bristol, my stall is paid for and I have booked a place to stay. If you want to come along and don’t live near by the […]
This week’s selection of recommended shows includes film and photography at Maureen Paley, London, sound art assemblages at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, and walking data turned into abstract forms at Vane in Newcastle.
Rachel Magdeburg, one of eight a-n members selected for the a-n Writer Development Programme 2017-18, reviews Glasgow-based artist Michelle Hannah’s multifaceted and dramatic installation at The Savings Bank, presented as part of Glasgow International 2018.
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In. After eight months of looking, looking, looking some more, finding, losing, getting, losing again, will they won’t they? Yesses, Nos, Maybes… …We have just… TODAY… moved into the studios. Exhausted but relieved… it’s like someone opened the window in […]
The above photo is a display from a small museum in Scotland, and it reminds me of an ongoing problem I have with the way art is exhibited. The Mona Lisa (like many artworks) has been reproduced to the point […]
5 days & counting …and I’ll be up-in-the-air on my first flight to NYC. I’m attending the last iteration (in its current form) of Open Engagement: Open Engagement (OE) is an annual, three-day, artist-led conference dedicated to expanding the dialogue […]
I arrive in Helsinki, to more snow than anticipated. Spring is running late this year, Finns tell me, as I travel northwards to Arteles and even more snow. Before heading out on my first foray I use a combination of […]
I am spending April 2018 at Arteles Creative Centre on their ‘Comic Blast’ specialist residency program, alongside 10 artists working under the broad heading of comics and illustration. Arteles is based (in what used to be a school) in the rural Pirkanmaa […]
Last Tuesday, I had the pleasure of going to the sculpture department’s 2nd year show. Their private view was a great success. I felt like a proud big sister. Everyone’s work was of such a high standard, and the set up […]
INSCRIBE Inscribe is a textual self-portrait of our emerging new art-world, through recording and transcribing conversations between artists. These sessions are then re-played, typed using a manual typewriter onto cream paper and photocopied. The piece exhibited shows human error in […]
