I’ve been researching the portrayal of sex within art and the role it plays. Some big key themes have come up in my research such as feminism, gender, sexuality and even politics to some degree. Along with Jeff Koons, Gustave […]
Yesterday evening I went to my first “Enköping Art Association” event, it was a discussion with several of the artists from the current show at the gallery: 8 Young Artists. One of the artists, Fredrik Eriksson, I know a little […]
I have been recently reviewing a photo taken in London by Emma Starkey, www.emmastarkey.com, of a homeless person sat bellow a coffee shop. The image is absurd due to the fact that it is almost like he isn’t there. I decided […]
The following blog is about a series of 3D pieces I have created using the idea of pattern and repetition, each piece is hand painted.
The following are photos of paintings I have made using colour variations on an original image, thinking about the different seasons as I work.
Contemporary Visual Arts Network is hosting a free event in Leeds in March exploring the benefits that artists bring to society and the role they play in defining the cultural shape of our towns and cities. a-n members can apply for travel bursaries to attend.
Continuing on from my attempts to deliberately break or glitch images I’ve been looking at how digital files are downloaded and what happens when some of the data is missing. Torrent sites host illegal downloads of movies, software, music etc […]
This week’s selection, chosen from listings posted by a-n members on our Events section include a festival of light in Cambridge, a symposium on the future of the high street in Cheltenham and three exhibitions exploring painting and photography.
London-based artist Marcia Farquhar recipient of inaugural £10,000 award for live art.
The fourth edition of the prize for final-year undergraduate fine art students, which offers a total award fund of £40,000 and a first prize that includes a 12-month studio fellowship at BALTIC 39 in Newcastle upon Tyne, is open for applications.
At the start of the year I had decided to start a blog, documenting my works process and the final outcomes, the same as I will be doing here. Here is the link to the old blog and so you […]
There seems to be a strange dichotomy in what I appreciate to what I actually produce as an artist, I assume this is probably the case for most people? Nothing really surprising in that appreciating the qualities of an 1880′s […]
After several pretty productive days and some significant development I am happy with things creatively speaking…I guess this is a glass half full situation but I cannot help thinking what o would be able to achieve if I were able […]
Motor movements A key focus of this research is to examine different methods by which the movement of constructions can be controlled with software so that there is an organic, random and graceful transition as the piece adopts one position […]
Some questions that were put to me re residency at the Shape Gallery. https://www.shapearts.org.uk/blog/mark-tamer-blog
Decision to move world famous collection from northern city to London receives widespread criticism, with online petition already gaining 11,000 signatures.
Artists in the Field: Ephemeral Landscapes and Experimental Geographies A personal response to the symposium within the context of my own art practice ‘If in doubt return to the field’ was Dr Harriet Hawkins’ opening to the symposium, Artists in […]
Thursday February 4th – I am having my first planning meeting with two possible contributors to my research. They are both postgraduate students at Ravensbourne, Jason and Leticia. As an artist, this is the first time I have had the […]
Sharing my thoughts this week on my theme of Women being Bound by Cultural Preconceptions I have received a lot of encouragement, which in a way I found surprising as the work is not particularly attractive even in these days […]
