I have had the best day in the studio this year today. Having been thinking about introducing found objects and spray painting them neon pink to add to the overall wall presentation, I decided to be really brave yesterday when […]
As it’s International Women’s Day, I feel the necessity to right about the importance of my choice to discuss political issues within my work. At the beginning of 3rd year, I ditched politics, I thought that my activism outside of […]
The most precious find that inspired a range of new and challenging work
I have been wan a place in the Crafts Council UK’s 2015 Hothouse Business mentoring programme!
Hamish Young is currently studying Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. a-n Art Student: Are the choices you make in your visual practice the same sort of choices you made in your dissertation research? Hamish Young: There […]
Jennifer Hare is currently studying Fine Art at University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich. a-n Art Student: Are the choices you make in your visual practice the same sort of choices you made in your dissertation research? Jennifer Hare: I am not […]
‘Congregation’ is a site specific installation , a convergence of a multitude of cast, ceramic vessels.
Eilidh Wilson is in her final year studying Art, Philosophy, Contemporary Practices at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee. a-n Art Student: Are the choices you make in your visual practice the same sort of […]
“Are the choices you make in your visual practice the same sort of choices you made in your dissertation research?” We put this question to three student members who have recently completed dissertations and are now working towards degree shows…
Last week brought about the culmination of a collaborative project I have been working on for a few weeks. Part of our course requires us to work collaboratively in a group of 3 students to use a project space (empty […]
It is amazing when out of the blue some stranger or distant acquaintance shows a deep interest and acknowledgment of one’s work. This happened to me last Saturday and what a tonic it was! Late last year I began to […]
We’ve been on shifting sands at BIAB. Sometimes it happens that life abruptly pushes us into new territory and you could say that we become exiled in a way. The more I work on the Spanish Civil War, and travel […]
While making my cine frame pieces, I have been thinking about an essay I wrote earlier in my degree about Cornelia Parker. I love her work, and my essay looked at several pieces, including one series that connects strongly with […]
A new project encouraging people to vote launches across the UK in April, with a series of billboards featuring works by artists Bob & Roberta Smith, Fatima Begum, Janette Parris and Jeremy Deller. Plus a competition to find a fifth artwork created by a first-time voter is open for entries.
The latest sculpture for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, Hans Haacke’s Gift Horse, has been unveiled.
Louise Bourgeois at Moderna “I have been to hell and back” is a fantastic show! I have been twice and plan to go again (as I student at the Royal Institute I get free entry)! Not only does it include […]
Twin Palms Publishers have just released a new photobook from Mike Brodie, Tones of Dirt and Bone, lifting the lid on the photographer-cum-mechanic’s unseen images of the people he met while hopping trains in the US. Tim Clark is intrigued.
Visual arts charity Arts Express has launched the UK’s ‘first ever community arts prize’ to celebrate and showcase the work of artists who create participatory and socially engaged projects.
Exhibition Title: Paper Works Dates: 4 – 10 March 2015 Venue Name: 100 Years Gallery Address: 13 Pearson Street, London E2 8JD Opening times: Wednesday to Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday, 4-11pm; Sunday, 12-7pm First Thursday late opening: 5 March, 6-9.30pm ‘Paper works’ […]
Sixth Collaboration Berry, Hayward & Griffin Our work evolved from discussion about how digitisation is rapidly replacing paper copies of records and documents. Amazingly Sonia had an old Apple Mac with the screen removed. Looking at the circuit boards behind the […]
