This work’Tippi Hedren’ was an appliquéd suit to pay homage to the actress in the film’The Birds’ by Alfred Hitchcock the work was a collaboration between Tracey Emin and Sara Lucas in the 1990’s when they ran their’shop’ which was […]
Setting up a website for the Professional Practice module has been another learning curve, taking into account my limited computer skills. However, having grasped the basics I have found it to be a great way of reviewing my practice and […]
The idea I have for displaying the video of my brother is to have it on a monitor with a set of headphones that the viewer can put on and sit and listen to it. I want the viewer to […]
The DACS Foundation has launched a three-year open submission project, with successful applicants receiving expert and bespoke legacy consultancy to develop and sustain their archives.
Sculpture and installation artist to create new work for solo show at the 57th International Art Biennale.
a-n New Collaborations Bursary
I have been a little slow making a start with this blog but it is a case of having to make myself make a start .I already have began this blog but due to my talents with this sort of […]
New Arrivals (2009) by Nicole Porter was a personal reflection on her own story as an adoptee growing up and demonstrates the unresolved feelings she has now as an adult. She cites artists like Annette Messager and Tracey Emin as […]
Women with whom I have discussed my recent work have preferred the fat and happy pictures much more than the thin and angry, fat and threatening etc. I feel I should consider this, as I don’t want to reinforce the […]
The death of David Bowie is a loss to both music and visual culture.
For the first Now Showing selection of 2016, we explore painting after abstraction in London, consider artistic positions that have been hard won in Edinburgh, and try to make sense of the ‘reality’ around us in Manchester.
The third and final workshop in the first a-n Writer Development Programme took us to Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery on Thursday 19 November for a session led by The Arts Desk‘s visual arts editor, Fisun Guner. All five programme participants braved train delays and […]
I would like to be working on this head, any of my unfinished heads, but I have to continue with chapter 2 of my dissertation. In the first chapter I was happy looking at the work of Elizabeth Parker (V&A) […]
Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery has opened in south London with the aim of making the artist’s personal collection of over 3000 works of art accessible to the public through a series of curated exhibitions. We take a look at the inaugural show featuring works by the British painter John Hoyland.
Chinese artist and activist to unveil large-scale artwork outside the Gherkin in the City of London, as part of a festival celebrating the area’s architectural landmarks.
‘It often happens that neurotic men declare that they feel there is something uncanny about the female genital organs. This unheimlich place, however, is the entrance to the former Heim [home] of all human beings, to the place where each […]
Joseph Cornell was the subject of the last blog post, and it’s very fitting indeed for The Museum of Object Research to run another post dedicated to this remarkable object artist. It’s a particular pleasure to provide a link to […]
Tracey Emin says the process of curating isn’t just about what looks good with this or that. There must be ‘an ethos – a theory – behind it; something you want to change. For Emin, it’s about finding a way […]
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 […]
Artist and curator Gaynor O’Flynn’s Artists for Nepal campaign is raising funds to help victims of the recent earthquakes in Himalayan region.
The idea was to create a room; to create a dwelling space that I wanted to act as both an installation but as something you could also appreciate as a place of pain. I myself have a long history in […]
Solo show of ex-YBA is lewd, humourous and paradoxical – everything that makes her so great.
In the lead up to its centenary celebrations, the Ben Uri Gallery – which presents work of Jewish interest or by Jewish artists – has curated No Set Rules, an exhibition of works on paper from its own collection and that of Philip Schlee. Dany Louise visits the small space and discovers more about its history and ambitions.
Booked five sessions at £50/hour with a mentor who is an artist and has training in mentoring. https://veroniquemariaservices.wordpress.com/ At the fourth session we defined what is at the core of my practice which was like seeing the thread behind and […]
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 […]
