John McDowall and Chris Taylor are celebrating 20 years of their Pages artists’ book project with a series of events and exhibitions, including the 20th Leeds International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair in March. Sarah Bodman looks forward to this significant milestone.
Hi everyone, I’d like to introduce you to the Make Art, Save Money Facebook group. The group’s been set up to share ideas and articles and ask questions related to saving money on art supplies and exhibitions, and cutting our overheads. Please […]
i’ve come to my blog this morning to help me collect and reflect upon recent thoughts and feelings. the film project has been well received amongst the peer review group and the project team at the mill. i came home […]
Congratulations to artist Stuart Mayes who has been charting the progress of his practice on his a-n blog Project Me since January 2007.
A week spent on Fowey moor, drawing.
On a small scale I have painted two sets of lips, one female one male. I have placed them together to imply equality, as well as having them vertical to represent vaginas, one hairy and one hairless. The reason for […]
As long as you’ve got a beautiful piece of ass
“Grab them by the pussy”, “As long as you’ve got a beautiful piece of ass”, just two things trump has said in his degradation of women. Funnily enough two of my pieces of work have unintentionally responded to this. Women […]
Starting new stories. New work, stage one the base layer, started today, yellow ochre, chromium oxide and C Robeson matt glaze medium in various concentrations. 1x1m The smoggy rays of morning got me experimenting on some small 10x10cm boards […]
East Contemporary Visual Arts Network is one of three organisations to receive a share of over £1,600,000 from Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence fund.
Biennial exhibition features more than 200 new and recent works on paper by international artists, with prices starting at £250.
It’s a bit late to say Happy New Year but it’s good to be at the beginning of another year with lots of plans and projects under way. Even when there are so many things happening simultaneously, a natural break […]
This week’s selection includes art by email at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, light art in Eastbourne and George Shaw’s paintings in Kendal.
Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear blog, Happy birthday to you! 10 years old today! DOUBLE figures, a whole decade behind me – wow! And who knows what lies ahead, I certainly could not […]
PREPARING FOR THREAD AND WORD A WALK FROM ESPACIO GALLERY TO LEADENHALL MARKET ON MARCH 5TH AT 1PM. This walk is by invitation only, please email me if you would like to take part. . The walk is part of […]
As a colour blind artist (please get the sniggering out of the way now please) I have always predictably struggled with the application of colour to my drawings and it’s underlying theory (theory meaning philosophically as opposed the science of […]
So the first print run of the Devices series is done (pictured here all in green). Now I am back in the print room again, some of the work in progress is either complete or very near. The other piece […]
hand-made clock that use ceramic bodies and additional wood and metal to ensure the individuality of each of our practical art pieces.
Title: And we have learnt nothing from history Relief ink on found image, Dada Day Audrey O’Brien 2016 Title taken from Kate Tempest lyrics from Europe is Lost ‘growth of prosthetic industry struck contemporaries as creating a race of […]
Studio visits are reflection points: with the holiday season spent totally ignoring my practice, getting back to the studio and looking at the work I have produced was a welcome activity. Periods of inactivity can allow us to acknowledge what […]
To celebrate the centenary years of Dada, this blog will share the work of dadaists and look at contemporary artists active engagements in politics and culture.
