Artist John Walter wins the Hayward Touring 2017 Curatorial Open with his proposal Shonky: the Aesthetics of Awkwardness.
Thread and Word – an introduction. The walk is part of a programme of events organised at Espacio Gallery as part of the Threads exhibition curated by the Artists’ Pool. This exhibition brings together artists from varied creative practices, backgrounds, […]
Marcel Broodthaers uses repetitive objects in his work. I have some work in the exhibition TIDE. an exhibition my fellow students invited me to be part of the work curated by Esme Bamber and Nicola Arnold. But they have indirectly […]
Survey of artists in Wales who received an individual grant from Arts Council Wales between 2013- 2016.
The themes I will be covering will be topics of interest to me or parts of experiences that have affected my own life. The characters will be brave and strong as they will have to come together to fright the evil then it […]
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I have started doing some larger water colour images. I painted on brown paper, as I through that it would make an interesting contrast with the bright paint and darker brown. Using that medium just made it harder to see […]
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. Robert Browning In the month between my mother’s death in November and her funeral in December, delayed because of a backed up, (their words) crematorium, I existed in a state of limbo and […]
‘This Is An Art School’ project, offering the public free studio workshops, launches the Tate Exchange Associates programme of over 100 events.
An exciting start to 2017 with my appointment as Artist in Residence at Durham University. Supported by the Leverhulme Trust, this appointment will enable me to build on the exciting work currently underway in the En’Light’en project, which has been […]
Perry goes on to say “A narrow pilgrimage trail across the infinite plain of the world” (Perry, 2005, pg252) that even though the journey is long, tough and hard the progress of learning new skills and experience can help you […]
Using a camera opens up a secondary world. The photograph itself is often a documentative tool, arguably a medium of truth. An installation however, within a gallery setting may appear staged. Tracey Emin’s My Bed (1998) is a good example […]
This work attempts to expose and retell ‘her-story’ over-ruling the past and present cultural guidelines of what was important and upheld.
Morning of the exhibition – its pouring down with rain, cold and we are not sure what is happening, our contact arrives late with the key and we have to carry the work from the studios to the prison, some […]
As a bit of a treat to end the week we were taken by coach to visit a glass making factory. It was very cold and grey for the whole trip, but we got to see some of the Czech […]
As part of my MA I was offered the opportunity to work on a one week residency in Uherské Hradiště Prison. This trip was not for everyone, but with my keen interest in Urban Exploring and flagrant disregard for health […]
Alone in a wine dark sea WIP 1x1m traditional pigments and oil painting media, hand mixed Having spent the largest share of last year working in indigo with all its rich potential for tone and its heavily laden role within […]
With scrutiny of the government’s Brexit plans intensifying as Theresa May’s end of March deadline for triggering Article 50 to leave the EU gets nearer, artists are responding to the uncertain climate in a variety of ways. Pippa Koszerek, who as an artist is herself involved in Brexit-related events, takes a look at some forthcoming projects.
Zaha Hadid: Early Paintings and Drawings, Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, until 12th February, 2017 Fig. 1 The Peak site plan, Hong-Kong, 1982-1983, 11038 x 4961 cm, Zaha Hadid I was keen to see this exhibition of Hadid’s early paintings and […]
Material can seem disconnected to the human, it has a way of disassociating itself, we give it life only to then shut it down, we divorce it because it never truly belongs to us, it becomes possession, because it’s outside. Yet it speaks just like […]
This week’s selection includes the art of taxidermy in London, contemporary works inspired by Georgian painting in Bath, and Turner’s watercolours in Edinburgh.
We forget material has agency, it has a life we forget it because we rely on visual/s. Yet this is the very thing that can and does deceive us.
