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I promised that I would report back with reviews and so forth – and here I am with an update. I went up to London yesterday to de-install the show. It was a slightly sad moment, but there has been […]
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It’s two days later and my head has almost stopped spinning. I am pleased to report that the preview was a huge success. The gallery was absolutely packed, and feedback was cheek-reddeningly good. Although I was personally happy with the […]
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Frightening Albert The PV for my solo show is a week today. I have had my head down, concentrating on making the work, for what seems like an eternity. Apart from the odd exception I’m not comfortable talking about work […]
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Thinking forward to photographs of a newly completed work, I began to run through the various people that work for me in my art business. There are a lot. My practice is very mixed, so in Production there are all […]
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Great PV on Friday, and lots of very positive feedback. I took the show down yesterday. Now I concentrate on building on this, using what I have gleaned from the exercise, and making more work for the London show in […]
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The past two days have been great. The participatory sessions with blind and visually impaired people took place, and I am thrilled with how they went. The failure of one of the large organisations to step up to the mark […]
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A lot has happened over the past week or so, and most of it, but not all, has been good. I won’t dwell on some of the not-so-good parts. Having said that, at the time of writing this the internet […]
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In addition to the usual posters and stuff, I have ordered large print and braille info sheets for the exhibition, and learnt in the process that there are two types of braille available. In working on various aspects of this […]
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I went to a great talk at Portsmouth University yesterday afternoon, given by Dominique Ghesquiere, the artist on the Art Space Portsmouth International Residency 2011. I had previously only seen a few examples of her work on the blog, so […]
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The 3D painting project is well under way. Preliminary stages have yielded some finished works, I have a pile of materials in the studio, another behind the sofa, more under the bed… I desperately need more studio space! I have […]
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Here’s a question: Are artists the driving force in the dialogue about art?
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I have had some really good news lately. Firstly, I have had work selected for Salon 2011 at Matt Roberts in Vyner Street. This is for the second year running, and is another experimental drawing. The work hasn’t been seen […]