
Bow Open 2016: painter Anj Smith announced as curator
The annual open exhibition at Nunnery Gallery in London will this year be curated by Kent-born painter Anj Smith.
The annual open exhibition at Nunnery Gallery in London will this year be curated by Kent-born painter Anj Smith.
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Where is here? Massey (2008) in her book ‘Space’ suggests that it can be hard to know where we are when everything is moving. We move in a moving world. We discover where we are through an ongoing process […]
Today I’ve been working on a pencil sketch of Goya’s Great deeds! Against the dead!, this time I’ve redacted the bodies. Not so much erased but simply missing, leaving a virgin white space where they should be. This image by […]
The most exciting part for me before entering the performance was to experience something live and up close and personal; this is exactly what ‘Smash It Up’ provided. In May 2013, the mural, representing the Chartist movement in Newport in […]
Somewhere in this mess of ripped billboards there lies a hidden message. The layers of time worn away to reveal something secret. Maybe.
Post by Kay I have been busy in the studio for the past few weeks designing the new Shetland flora series for the exhibition. My first action was to go through all the microscope photographs I took whilst in residency […]
Hi everyone. Who can we apply to, to obtain Sponsorship for our show at the Milan Triennale this year? We need to cover costs of transport of sculpture and paintings from London to Milan and back. Also for another show […]
The previous two years have been mainly about process for me. Experimenting with different media and seeing what works for me. Going into my third and final year, I’ve begun to select subject matter which I feel strongly emoted by. […]
A twenty minute walk to Spanish Square, a peace garden, open space as monument. An act of remembrance after the civil war. Looking for re alignment in unknown place, positioning myself in places of cultural and political shift, and listening… […]
The For What It’s Worth group show in South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford continues until February 28th. The booklet published alongside the exhibition contains some fascinating anecdotes from artists in response to the show’s theme around value and worth and […]
I’ve just finished an ink sketch of Goya’s plate 39 (minus casualties) and I thought I’d add it to my blog. I found it tricky filling in behind the missing bodies as the tree didn’t seem to add up, for […]
Saturday drawing class at the CO3 Gallery in Colchester with Wendy Bailey…back to basics…lines and negative spaces. A worthwhile couple of hours.
My first thought is that I have already broken my self-imposed rule for blogging every day. The good news is we gained an extra 3 (significant) pledges yesterday and are now up to 8 % of our target – which […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here A couple of years ago I nearly killed myself having allergic reaction to the wool fibres of the ww2 army greatcoat I was cleaning up ready to work on for “Colonize”. I dived in, brushing […]