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Paul Chisholm…
” Fusing irony with allegory, Paul Chisholm creates works layered with allusions to his personal history and emotional state, subtly criticizing social and political circumstances. Utilizing his own experience as a springboard, he has built a distinctive visual language, […]
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In context Gran Fury exhibition review
Gran Fury Read My Lips – In context now Auto Italia 2nd of October – 2nd December 2018 Wow finally a show marking the historical and political context of the AIDS crisis in the 80’s and 90’s. For the first […]
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Interview with Brainard Carey
Delving into the Business of Art and How the Art world functions i’m interviewing Art Professionals trying to find out more….. First up is Brainard Carey Author, Artist and owner of the Praxis Centre an online Centre for Artists….. Please […]
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Book Review
Read all about it ! Highlighting my 5 best reads from last year. The Exform by Nicholas Bourriaud Forever and a day it feels like someone has been talking of Bourriaud and his theories on Contemporary Art and life, But […]
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suicide artists ! Crazy Kids !
“Artists as a profession are peculiar and susceptible to suicide. The solitary nature of their work and the consequent potential for disproportionate self-doubt represent a toxic combination. Oscar Kokoschka even claimed in 1923…. it as an Artistic privilege: My work contains everything […]
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Quilliance
Spreading the word about Quilling – the Art of Paper Filigree
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Urban Decay Wild London
A textural exploration of London’s flora and fauna.
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NEW WORK
New work by Sara Hayward RCA showing at Worcester Cathedral this summer.
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Heard the one about the gynaecologist and the artist?
Once I was a young artist raised in the sixties and living the seventies. To the art school came the man raised in the twenties and living the Reformation; he is the assessor. He sallies forth into the studio and […]
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Thinking… CONSTRUCTION
Having been recently awarded the A-N artist bursary (many thanks!), my aim is to gain new experiences relating to ideas of construction….
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T,Bag 2019 a community art project
As an emerging multidisciplinary artist I voice my explorations through the use of everyday objects, sculpture, material manipulations, metaphors and subject research.
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The curse: dystopia, diaspora & climate change in Venice
I arrived during the preview week of the Venice Biennale as a recipient of an A-N Artist Bursary 2019. Curated by Ralph Rugoff, and named May You Live in Interesting Times, I wondered if the 58th International Art Exhibition could possibly […]
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Caryl Beach
It’s all about my art practice.
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Koffin Daily (ish)
A daily account about transforming this work into a business –
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Walks with Other Artists
Summer 2018 I walked the 268-mile Pennine Way as Unsolicited Artist in Residence. This series of walks forms the research stage of my new project, ‘Horizons Are Important’. I want to connect with other artists and learn about their practice while making new work in the process.
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Getting ready for artisan market
Going to market……
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Artist Residency – Scottish Crannog Centre (2019)
A blog to document and discuss my Artist in Residence post at the Scottish Crannog Centre, supported by the Scottish Graduate School of Arts & Humanities.
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Alison Gracie Profile
Multimedia Artist, Curator and Internet Gallery Director
My main inspiration comes from nature and wildlife
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Monsters
I have been looking at the work of Austrian avant-garde artist Renate Bertlmann for the last year and I recently visited the Austrian Pavillion in the Venice Biennale, where her work was exhibited. Bertlmann’s work consists of female figures who grapple […]
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Degree Show
Astound 2019 – Contemporary Art Exhibition – 10th Anniversary
Nicholson Art Gallery – Stockwell Street Leek
1st to 22nd June
Open 10am – 3.45pm, Monday to Saturday – Free entry
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Shetland, 2017
A month as Artist in Residence at Sumburgh Head Lighthouse & Visitor Centre – and afterwards…?
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Wild Glass
This is a blog about travelling the slippery path of glass from semi-abstract landscape painting to unknown conceptual destinations…
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This Is It Projects
Supporting the development of professional art practice
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My grande instagram take over week and the lessons learned
today, I am taking over the instagram feed for North east Cvan. What does that entail and can it help artists
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I am Playing.
An introduction to ‘I am Playing’ – two playful research trips funded by a-n Artist Bursaries 2019.
By Elena Brake