This week’s must-see shows include a scene of destruction at South London Gallery, a major survey of contemporary ceramic practice in Cardiff, and a career-spanning retrospective of Dutch surrealism in Edinburgh.
Artists will be opening their studios to the public over the weekend, despite this year’s Hackney WickED Art Festival being cancelled.
This week’s selection includes Carsten Höller’s major survey show at the Hayward Gallery, London, a workout of the mind and body at Mima, Middlesbrough, and 50 years of Bridget Riley’s work at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
Abstract, largely geometric or reductive art is alive and well in the UK if this exhibition was an indication. Organised in collaboration with the online forum Saturation Point and featuring twenty three artists from every decade from the 1930s to […]
Experimenting Vase Print Outcome and Artist Research As part of my process for making Chinese style stencils to use for printing, I decided to do a little research in artists that have done similar methods and styles in printing or […]
Chaos and order in visual art – synopsis Aims of writing this: Clarify the context I’m working in. Aim to work more into and out of my practice with reflective journal writing and linking my work with wider […]
This week’s selection of must-see UK shows stretches from Nestor Armando Gil in Exeter to Alasdair Gray in Glasgow, with detours to London and the North East along the way.
This week’s selection of must-see shows ranges from a stand-out Glasgow show of new work as part of Generation in Scotland, to something spooky going on in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.
This week we get Somewhat Abstract in Nottingham, catch Charley Peters’ virtual show of interactive drawings online, and explore the relationship between the body and sculpture with Jonathan Baldock in Cardiff.
Recently on a corridor at uni I remember seeing a notice saying: “History, what else is there?” I was tempted to, (I wish I had), write underneath: “Her Story, of course”. I do think that in the past women have […]
Despite a major Kurt Schwitters’ show at Tate Britain last year, the future of the German artist’s Merz Barn in Cumbria remains uncertain. Ian Hunter of the Littoral Trust, which bought the dilapidated barn building in 2006, explains how things stand with the project and why the continued involvement of artists is key to its future.
The Hospital Club, London
9 – 14 October 2012
Wilkinson, London
13 January – 6 March 2011
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
23 October 2010 – 9 January 2011
Backlit, Nottingham
12 March – 3 April 2010
Oldham Gallery, Oldham
31 July – 19 September 2010
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
20 March – 3 July 2010
This latest painting continues the abstract direction, but with a figurative reference. to a chaffinch that I found by the side of the road. I have used some of its soft pink-greys in the marks. The Triptych of earlier has […]
So here’s me too back on the blog after the Christmas festivities. The ice on the road at my parents in law was thick enough to bring out two Mancester ice hockey team players out in full team kit with […]
South London Gallery, London
24 July – 20 September 2009
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, officially re-opened its upper galleries to the public in October with Connect, a new permanent exhibition that makes connections between works of art from different cultures and times.
I have been very busy doing my installation of the Oriel Wrexham all week. I am happy with the results. I changed the threads to a thicker yarn, which works better the this space.The shadows are so much better in […]
Many artists aspire to permanent studio space, whether self-initiated or rented through a specialist organisation. Here, we explore some current options for artists and makers with the focus not only on developments in London but also elsewhere in England, Wales and Ireland.
