Serf, the latest addition to Leeds’ expanding workspace scene, offers much more than studio space for artists – it provides a support structure for early career artists at a crucial time in their development. Lara Eggleton reports.
‘Striations, digging machines, blades – both depicted and the tools used to make the work – slashes, slices, gouges, and dissections, how could we not call this exhibition DiG?! Extract from Exhibition introductory statement, by Jane Boyer
A long and in some ways disillusioning day, that will take a little processing time to fully put into perspective. I had some time to spare before my meeting with Nelson Santos, Executive Director of Visual AIDS, so I went […]
London-based painter Cathy Lomax wins the first edition of this new, artist-led prize, selected from a shortlist of 15 artists.
The American artist’s new permanent large-scale video installation, Mary, joins his 2014 piece, Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water), inside St Paul’s Cathedral.
Over the past 5 or 6 weeks I’ve been producing work in response to my day trips to Colne and Nelson. In an earlier post I talked about making collages and quick abstract responses with paint and ink which were […]
Lorna Green commented: This is an image of the sheet music for the nine art in nature sculptures in the same order as on the ground. !0 minutes of the performance of about 40 minutes can be seen as a […]
Artwork looking at gender equality, stereotypes and displacement.
This week’s selection includes video in London, drawing in Poole and a different take on domesticity in Leeds.
A message from Barack Obama to the librarians of the world
I woke up as always to sirens (is it just the area I’m staying in, or are there constant sirens in New York?) and decided that as this is my last relatively appointment free day, I would simply walk and […]
Artists at Makers at Menier 2016 that ran from 6th September to 10th September
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here For the last 15 years I have spent most Friday mornings life drawing. It has always been a discipline and exercise I love. But I’m not really getting anywhere with it, I’m not concentrating hard […]
My final few days of random art explorations before I get thrown into a maelstrom of meeting, greeting, schmoozing and networking. The mood around the World Trade Centre today, on the eve of the anniversary of 9-11, was more sombre […]
final works and finishing touches – careful not to start all over again!
