The fabrication of the framework is well underway. We started by welding the 10 triangles that make up the sculpture, and then welded these together in to the shape of the final piece. I needed to get the frame work […]
I have been a fan of Batman since I can remember. From an early age, if it had something to do with the Dark Knight, I was fascinated by it. Only till now when I look at at through […]
As part of a broad range of research around artists’ fees, a-n commissioned arts writer and researcher Dany Louise to investigate sources of advice within and external to the visual arts that offer guidance on fees and payments to artists.
is there such a thing as grvity glue holding everything together for us and helping the future to be what the future will be? starting with a question gives me somewhere to begin and hopefully go some way to get […]
a-n commissioned arts writer and researcher Dany Louise to investigate sources of advice within and external to the visual arts that offer guidance on fees and payments to artists.
As London-based Acme Studios becomes a self-sustaining organisation, its co-founder Jonathan Harvey has announced he will be standing down as Chief Executive in March 2016.
My research became fruitful at the beginning of December 2014 when I completed 6 pieces of work in a series titled “Possibilities”. This work is covered with marble dust and a striking yellow acrylic top. All of these pieces relate […]
I managed to add a picture the other day but can’t do it today Tried everything !!!!!! Ah got it!!!
Over the next few months I am involved in some exciting projects with the wonderful Tracing the Pathway including Fluid Ecologies which involves a trip to the Sisters Academy in Greenland, supported by an a-n Go and See Bursary. Before then we will […]
The British Museum director says he plans to retire from the role at the end of the year and embark on a number of new projects, including a series for Radio 4 on faith in society and advisory roles in Germany and India.
For the exhibition Painting In Time, Sarah Kate Wilson has invited 12 artists who “challenge ideas of what painting can be” to exhibit alongside her at The Tetley in Leeds. Jack Hutchinson finds out more about curating a show that includes emulsion paint flowing into the gallery, an inflatable painting, and a 1960s DIY instruction work by Yoko Ono.
I need to think how I might construct a final ‘Self’ for this three-week period. I’m conscious of the physicality of ‘Me’. I reflect that I’m privileged to have the time to think about these things. I’m looking through the […]
This week, I have got to that stage where I am in dire need of a brew. My trusty callus protector is doing a fine job but I have been denying myself breaks from drawing, which has lead to a […]
An idea that I’ve had floating around in my thoughts for a while makes use of a further element of abusive masculine language about women. It stems from the Dapper Laughs language and the language aspects in a lot of […]
a-n and AIR has launched the Paying Artists Regional Advocates – a team of eleven artists across five cities tasked with ensuring more artists’ voices get heard within the campaign in the lead up to the general election.
WEEK 25 Artists attending 11 After our exhibition I decided we needed to do art for arts sake, for no other reason than fun! Today I have given the group syringes, sticks, rubber gloves, big decorating brushes and paint. I […]
Documenting the process of devising and using a coastal muffle kiln culminating in an exhibition of new ceramic works onboard a floating light vessel moored in the Medway estuary.
Reflecting on my visit to Polly Cruse’s studio, my own work space is about as far from the domestic as i can get it. I don’t have a kettle – I can’t begin the entertain the idea of making tea […]
The sound of Notifications is currently the bane of my existence. Nobody has messaged my phone so far today, so that’s good news. I decided to take Easter weekend off and told people to stop contacting me until Tuesday. So […]
