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Marmite Prize for Painting: 39 artists chosen for 2016 exhibition
The fifth edition of the open painting prize features 39 painters, with exhibitions planned for London and Dublin.
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A thought provoking question
As I sit in my living room, back home in London I have found myself watching a Art documentary. “Understanding contemporary art- Published on Jan 31, 2013,Category-Education,License-Standard YouTube License” The documentary was a lecture and it was talking about how […]
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Painted white faces
Walking into Birmingham Museum and Art Galley, one can be faced with many white faces. One painting that strikes me, is The Roffey Family by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1765–1769 , although after time a painting can indeed bleach, Reynolds paintings often lack red pigment, […]
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Kevin Hutcheson, 1971-2016
The Glasgow artist Kevin Hutcheson died unexpectedly prior to April’s Glasgow International as he was preparing to open a solo show as part of the festival. Friends and colleagues remember this unassuming master of collage and stalwart of the city’s art scene.
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a-n Travel Bursary Award 2016 Morocco
Travel to Tangier and Tetouan
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Diagram Poetry
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Unbelievable
Yesterday, I was busy preparing Portrait Of Ian Duncan Smith With Bandaged Nose to take to Nottingham for the exhibition, and I was invited to volunteer for this event – in a workhouse. I obviously declined, as it directly violates Article […]
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Word Wrangling
When beginning a new series with a pre-defined focus, I collate relevant words and phrases on posits for the eye to drift over and pick out effective and surprising connections from which poetry can grow. Selected words are gathered in […]
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Diagram Poems
Initiated as a means to share my process whilst working on a new collection of diagram poems for a POST Artists exhibition at Whitstable in June 2016, this blog continues to grow as a library of diagram poems, including individual works and thematically linked collections.
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Desaturated
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“Difficult decisions” ahead as Dundee Contemporary Arts reviews staffing
Staff at the gallery, cinema and print studio in central Dundee have been told that a review of the organisation’s staffing structure is taking place.
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Collidescope 2016
During May I’m taking part in Brighton Festival’s artist development residency which enables a group of mid-career artists to intensively engage with the Festival, attending nearly 40 festival events. I’ll try to record some thoughts about this extraordinary experience here.
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Untitled blog post from "BINOCULAR"
I have been expanding my art-making beyond the studio environment: walking the Black Mountains in Wales, drawing found-objects, working with film and projection in a vast cave complex near to my studio. This is a fruitful area for me, and […]
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Off to Malmo
Anyone know any create people mainly film background I could meet when I’m over in Malmo Sweden?
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Looking forward to Sweden
Looking forward to my trip to Malmo Sweden next week thanks to my travel bursary and looking forward to meeting and making new friends amongst the film collective in Malmo. They’ve already lined up a presentation for me to show and talk about my work.
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APA Spring Exhibition 2016
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I did Art Foundation in a former mortuary with outdoor lavatories. It was 1997.
I did Art Foundation in a former mortuary with outdoor lavatories. The loos were primitive in the extreme with barn style doors that didn’t reach the ground (or the ceiling) and spiders the size of cartwheels along the stone walls. […]
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Next surprise
Barrow 16 turns out to be Barrow 20, and is not included in the excavation this time. So my planning for the site and measuring the space was for nothing. However, the barrows being dug this time include Barrow 8, […]
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Galleries to be investigated over influence of BP sponsorship
A new report from the Art Not Oil group claims to reveal BP’s influence over exhibition content, events and gallery security procedures, with the Museums Association set to investigate.
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Our Colour Reflection
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Artists’ Books #8: Broadsides and chapbooks by Theresa Easton
For the latest in her series of columns on artists’ books, Sarah Bodman looks at the work of Newcastle-based artist Theresa Easton whose new series of books was created at a Victorian era letterpress printing works in Scotland.
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Art of Caring
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uncertain territory
Gabrielle writes: Over the past few weeks, we’ve found ourselves almost overwhelmed by the possibilities for work that Dawlish Warren opens up for us. The a-n Professional Development Bursary is something of an anchor. So I’m returning to our starting […]
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Mould Making
Last Friday and yesterday I spend time with Jonathan Larkin-Hall, sculptor and furniture maker who is an expert in mould making. He spent 15 years working with Anthony Gormley on making moulds for casting. So I have to say, a […]