Just pondering who to nominate for the Liverpool Art Prize next year:
http://www.liverpoolartprize.com/
Lots of good artists working in Liverpool at the moment and some people whose work I love… but you can only nominate three people. It’s a funny little prize, which I think was the Liverpool-own version of the turner prize for 2008 (Capital of Culture year of course), although I’m not 100% on that. £2,000 or £1,000 in prize money will no doubt make quite a difference to someone. The exhibition is also a nice chance to see a good chunk of someone’s work rather than the odd piece in group shows.
Karl-Heinz Klopf from Linz came round for a cuppa the other day.During the first visit to my flat he was video-interviewing me, so it was nice to not be thinking about the camera shoved in my face! :) I was asking him about his career and when he felt like a mid-career or fully fledged or made a living or however you might describe that stge of a career and he said he still didn’t. Quite unexpected from an artist with a very impressive track record and a lot of good work behind him. He said most of his income went back into making work… maybe it never changes!
