The correlation between artworks and artefacts in my practice has brought me to the field of Image Studies. This field is not subject specific, but instead includes the disciplines of “art; aesthetics; anthropology; critical theory; cultural studies; history; literature; philosophy; […]
Paula Rego. (2003) Come to Me [lithograph] Paula Rego is an artist who has influenced my own work since I started university. I remember when I first saw her work, and being drawn into a world of haunting imagery. She […]
Yes I have certainly tried the biggest mouthful of Chinese medication that I never thought I would ever face. The Chinese medication has certainly given me too many side effects I could feel my whole bodies nerves vibrating which has […]
Glasgow International, the biennial festival of local and international contemporary art, has announced highlights of its 2016 programme.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
I am excited and petrified. I heard this week that I have been short listed for something I really want to do. This is wonderful. However, I have to do a 15 minute presentation as part of the final selection […]
My Local paper announces this on the front page – Full Story Page 7. Actually it’s on page three not seven! But very enthusiastic with lots of quotes and the submitted proposals received 1200 letters of support. The development will […]
My first step was to walk. For some reason the thoughts flow easier when walking. The process of the development of thoughts seems more fluid when the body is in the repetitive action of one foot in front of the […]
I have been in residence since 11th September and have been so busy that I haven’t been able to get this blog up and running until today. As my residency co-incides with h.Art week there is a constant stream of […]
This blog is somewhere for me to share my thoughts, ideas and responses to my week long residency at The Sidney Nolan Trust.
Set against the backdrop of its Newcastle city centre building being lost to redevelopment, a recent two-day event at the artist-led NewBridge Project in Newcastle asked whether it was time for artists to ‘grow up’ and accept the new agenda of cuts, philanthropy and big business sponsorship. Artist Lesley Guy joined in the conversation and came to a different conclusion.
The seven-strong shortlist for the international prize and exhibition’s seventh edition features artists from Angola, Lebanon, USA and Japan, and includes two well-known British artists.
So I’m going back to China! It’s official and I’m going to Hong Kong as well! I’m very excited but also have the fear a bit. Last week I had it really bad. I was worried that I wouldn’t have […]
As part of the year-long fig-2 show, which sees a new artist exhibiting every week at London’s ICA, the winner of the Student Open Call is Goldsmiths MFA student Manuel Mathieu.
I have explained my personal work with tidal energy in early blogs, and am always encouraged to find someone else whose work involves the tides…
I’ve been sketching out ideas for the mural, testing them on lining paper in my studio and developing ideas further in preparation, along with organising the LAN. We now have 6 artists and illustrators keen to work on the murals […]
Londoners are invited to join the internationally-renowned artists this Thursday on a walk through London in support of refugees.
The South African artist William Kentridge is a staple of international art biennials, a critically acclaimed art superstar known for his theatrical, thoughtful work. With an exhibition featuring two new films currently showing at London’s Marian Goodman Gallery, Dany Louise discovers more about the politics and processes behind his art.
Member-run organisation Making Art Work has organised Art Market, a day of artists’ stalls, performances and a charity art auction taking place in Maidstone, Kent.
