Open Studio – Sharon Drew
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On May 28th 2015, The Japan Foundation hosted an event at the Free Word Centre in London entitled: Post 3.11: What Can Art Do? Four Years On: Art and the Disaster.
At the beginning of August I headed down to the Tate Britain in London to see the British Folk Art exhibition. Although my work is not particularly influenced by the folk art style, I was interested to see examples of […]
Originally staged at the 2014 AV Festival in Newcastle as a major installation on the River Tyne, Test Dept’s film DS30, which documents the 1984-85 miners’ strike, is now out on tour. Chris Sharratt speaks to two of the founding members of the group.
Sky Academy has announced the five recipients of its Arts Scholarships 2015, which aim to help young British and Irish artists develop their creative practice and take their work to the next level.
A European Commission study examining different national mechanisms of artists’ pay across Europe is inviting photographers, illustrators and designers to complete an online survey about how they are remunerated.
Performer: Rosani Gomes Local: UCS building Duration: Phase 1: 20 min. Phase 2: 22 min. Total performance: 42 min. For the first phase, Yoko Ono’s “Cut Piece” performance, and Helio Oiticica inspired me to this work. In the Ono’s “Cut […]
I had another idea to work with canvas (A4 size) I did cover with a paper card and painted with blue colour acrylic. Then I spent plaster on, I let dried to reveal the colour underneath the plaster but, the […]
For this still untitled frame, I bought in a Sharity Shop some of used clothes and I chose the size of two pieces of women’s clothing, with the size of the wooden base. I worked with the pieces by dipping […]
I am researching ‘time’ as a theme in art.. and ‘time’ has been regularly mentioned in my current discussions about the ‘Insomnius’ series i have created. As an update on my thoughts it occurred to me that as i cast each […]
When I thought about another performance with a dress as a bride, I was still in doubt about some issues involving this work, but even so, I decided to execute. Really my performance that were held in the school should […]
There was a real buzz around the place on the evening of the June, for the private view. We were surrounded by family, friends and supporters and as I walked around the exhibition, the hard work, stress and pressure of the […]
Spent the afternoon in the studio, got plenty done. Currently working towards two London shows in July and August. I will give out more details soon
For me the most exciting exhibition venues at the Venice Biennale were the ancient palaces, particularly those located on the Grand Canal. The juxtaposition of sumptuous architecture can collide wonderfully with contemporary art. The well considered combinations, such as The […]
György Kepes: The New Landscape 15 April – 19 June 2015 Exhibition Research Centre, Liverpool John Moores University In 1951, Hungarian-born polymath György Kepes organised The New Landscape at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he had worked since 1947. […]
Some reflections on how drawing asserts its role to map out all the world’s future.
When is the last time you were ‘seized with enthusiasm’? It was dodging the heat on San Giorgio that I stumbled into The Giorgio Cini Foundation and discovered four small books by Bruno Munari. They instantly catapulted my mind from […]
Venice is without doubt one of the biggest and most important Contemporary art events in the calendar. Every year the Biennnale seems to get bigger as more and more countries join together with the curated projects and larger gallery exhibitions. […]
This year’s UWE Bristol Fine Art and Art & Visual Culture degree show at Spike Island features work by 42 students. Rowan Lear reports on a provocative and irreverent exhibition.
The paintings are developing and nearing the final touches although this becomes clearer after some objective space some new ones are emerging, tried to put a reflected figure in the top left hand corner of this one but […]
This week’s selection includes sculptures and collages by Eileen Agar in Leeds, an Agnes Martin retrospective in London, and a film installation from Luke Fowler and Mark Fell in Glasgow.