Second Post of the Final Post Influence – John Berger Berger, I feel, has been an almost leading light in my piece in some way. His book Why Look at Animals has constantly been in the back of my mind […]
For the latest part of his Artist as leader research, Joshua Sofaer meets Masato Nakamura. The founder-director of 3331 Arts Chiyoda arts centre in Japan discusses leadership as a collaboration and his efforts to both challenge and collaborate with existing art world structures.
Blog Post about a few I artists have looked during this project. * Starting with Damien Hirst, who featured prominately in my dissertation and also has been a prominant artist in my work. Well known for his shark piece The […]
Drawing Room’s Drawing Biennial 2013 presents over 200 A4 works by an international line-up of artists.
Camden Arts Centre is setting the stage for a day of spectacular fundraising events this Saturday, as the site is transformed into the bohemian seaside home of fictional modernist Finchley Arkwright-Keslake-Essendine.
Been reflecting on my degree proposal and making connections with other artist researched for my dissertation. Its interesting the way Kabakov,Nelson and Schneider use the spaces for there work. But also been looking at Cornelia Parker and Damian Ortega for […]
In Joshua Sofaer’s latest Artist as leader interview for a-n, artist Richard Layzell and businessman Richard Hicks discuss Layzell’s seven-year tenure as ‘Visionaire’ at AIT software company. Here, Layzell writes about what came next and the continued relevance of his experience in industry a decade on.
The latest interview in Joshua Sofaer’s Artist as leader series for a-n features Sydney-based artist-run initiative First Draft.
Latest Artist as leader interview published.
Wondering what 2013 has in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a look ahead to provide a snapshot of things we think are worth noting in your diary.
As the Clore Leadership Programme’s first dedicated ‘Artist Fellow’, Joshua Sofaer set about exploring what ‘Artist as Leader’ might mean. Here he shares an overview of what his research revealed.
Currently reading: Gillian Whiteley – JUNK: Art and the Politics of Trash (Part 4) Chapter 4: The Comedy of Waste: A Load of British Rubbish Counterworlds and Mirth – The term counterworlds comes from Roland Barthes’ Redeeming Laughter (p.207); an […]
Exhibiting artists announced for The London Open at the Whitechapel Gallery, 4 July – 14 September 2012.
A new commission for Red Nile Projects In August 2011 I took part in a Red Nile Projects Factory Nights event in Stoke. http://www.rednile.org. The Factory Nights series give creative people of all disciplines a chance to visit, learn about […]
This week I learn about the importance of sleep! And food! Also how helpful an orderly work process is. I’ve been working on a short essay for an Artists Talking artist, that hopefully next week I can expand upon in […]
I seem to be lost in research, reading and visiting exhibitions. And I’ve finally made a tentative start with drawing towards the next series of experiments. I’m using scanned images of the interior of the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich to […]
Templars Square and Ark-T Community Centre, Oxford
1 February – 10 June 2011
FOURTH MONDAY Drew a stem of at least ten leaves. Drew another hen helmet. Started to make a pattern from an old white sheet, pinning and checking, rather floppy, will be different in felt. Tried to get a rough sense […]
The piece I have constructed most recently conforms to the second approach of focussing on the object and what it means to me; the significance of the collection and what it represents conceptually. The installation, which at the moment is […]
Just before Christmas I attempted to combine all of these thoughts mentioned in the last post, within an artwork about personal heritage and ‘bloodlines’. It was actually more of an experiment with how objects can be displayed within a space, […]
Profiling studio and workshop facilities around the country, plus ambitious exhibition projects that are engaging with local communities.
Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance
23 July – 2 October 2010
Jupiter Artland Sometimes it is good, and very necessary, for artists to get out and about and see new work. A visit to Pittenweem Arts Festival on the Fife coast proved to be a bit of a disappointment – acres […]
Cornelia Parker Perpetual Canon I went to Gateshead today, walked to the now-being-demolished World Famous Car Park in Gateshead, then across the Big Green Bridge into Newcastle, had a coffee and sandwich and made my way to the Baltic. Top […]
THE DEATH OF THE SHAYKHA a eulogy for Louise Bourgeois While I was drawing in my studio in the early hours of June 1 2010 with the radio on, the last item on the news stopped me in my tracks. […]
