Recent years have seen a renewed interest in clay as many contemporary artists embrace the medium in their work. As the British Ceramics Biennial continues in Stoke and Tate Modern hosts Ceramics Factory, Pippa Koszerek talks about its renewed appeal with the biennial’s artistic director and artists Clare Twomey and Jesse Wine.
Where does Market Gallery fit in with all this reference to markets, financiers, superstructures and ideologies? Neil Gray’s talk again provided perhaps the most direct link here. We’ve already briefly noted how the “creative class” can be unwittingly instrumentalized by […]
I’ve noticed that the deposits on some of the recent works are somewhat fragile, sometimes resulting in diamond shaped fragments breaking away from the globular growths (it actually looks pretty good, but could be an issue with some of the […]
Below, surface and above interwoven relationships I have put up work I made on the residency at Ashburnham and am quietly chuffed if not a little surprised with the professional way I have hung it and the environment it is […]
Perhaps I’m unusual as a visual artist but when I visit exhibitions I crave words; and usually I’m frustrated by their absence.
Highlights from a visit to Aarhus, Denmark in July 2017 to research site-specific art. Aarhus is currently European City of Culture.
Campaigning document by the Creative Industries Federation advocating for continued free movement of EU nationals post-Brexit, and reform of the visa system for non-EU nationals.
Laurie Macfarlane’s story of privatisation began by tracing the roots of neoliberalism and the beginnings of the free market ideology. He clearly described the historical shift from the Keynesian economic model (regulated markets and state intervention to curb the instability […]
Once more one of my images is being used without permission. Realistically I know there is not much I can do ( too poor) but it is so irritating.
Success! I am delighted that the opening for British Ceramics Biennial was a wonderful event and our work has been very well received. The two installations, mine and the Korean artists-in-residence’, sit very well together in parallel conversation. The idea […]
… 3 … 2 … 1 … you’re back in the art world. On Friday September fifteenth I finished five months of working full-time with the council’s parks department. On Monday September eighteenth I began what will be three and […]
Given the spatial cutbacks facing the gallery the name sort of worked as a bad pun, implying liberation from a bad situation: to avoid becoming victims of the Royal Mail’s property profiteering in the Dennistoun area. In terms of the […]
I’ve made a start on my Lido/Wild Swimming Project. Leaving home at 5.30am!!!! in order to avoid the diabolical traffic, I drove for 2 hours to visit two pools. The first at Lewes, Pells Pool was 17 degrees – unheated […]
After a few weeks at home I’ve come back to Orkney to collect my exhibition from the Kirkwall Museum and give some talks to schools and the college. It feels like coming to my other home. Down south I miss […]
A couple of years ago I undertook a period of professional development myself. It’s always good to stop and look at what you’re doing and think about where you want to go next. It was a very valuable experience and […]
I’m in the full throws of preparing for my upcoming show, ‘Firmament’ and it’s proving to be exciting and challenging in equal measure. Deciding to go solo is a big step. I’ve taken part in group shows in both the […]
Mark David Lloyd is a British contemporary artist who exhibits internationally. He works predominantly in painting but also in other disciplines. His work has been described as; meta-modernist, post post-modernist, and nascent.
