I tell my tutor that I am exploring my relationship with familiar objects. “Why use paint?” she asks “why not take moulds of these objects and explore your ideas in 3D?” “Because I want to explore the relationship between abstract […]
For this week’s (7-13 March) snapshot of international art action, we’re mostly in New York but also take a peek at Warsaw and Doha.
After ongoing protests from participating artists, including the withdrawal of nine, the board of the Sydney Biennale has announced that it is severing its links with founding sponsor Transfield.
Throughout March, venues across the North-East are hosting exhibitions, film screenings and live performances as part of the biennial AV Festival, which this year is themed around the idea of ‘extraction’. We report from the opening weekend and take in some of the key shows in Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.
Peter Doig’s work has recently been inspirational to me, and of particular relevence to work I am developing. His land and seascape works depict aspects of the horizon which has been a recent focus in my work. (see images ) […]
When NOT TO blog, and when TO blog, became an internal argument with myself about HOW to blog… I was accused of copping out after my last post. So while this streaming cold I have ensures my sporadic insomnia becomes […]
I have recently been working on my three themes: the displaced goddess, religion and primogeniture. The three ways women have lost power in society. Women are oviously better off in Europe than they are in middle eastern countries . In […]
How not to conduct a Skype collaboration – background sound included radio, hammering many nails, loud conversation and bickering. Last night was my final collaboration of the residency and was with Toronto artist and curator Araya Vivorakij, done by Skype. […]
Through being interested in the artists I am interested in (most of which use active paint) I have focused on similar areas to them in my exploration of flesh e.g screaming mouths – opening flesh – layers. I have been […]
Although I am in various stages of experimenting and relooking at past ideas such as my video of the salt circle and print making, these seem to be on the back burner for the moment. So feeling the need to […]
I’ve just got back from a very successful 2 day trip to Copenhagen and Holbæk to catch up with 3 of the artists who will be exhibiting in the Fantastic Tales exhibition at The Ceramic House. I left my new […]
PRESENTATION I have been thinking about the presentation of my work. At the moment, I am presenting my words on my white studio space wall. It looks a bit bombarding as the words expand. Do I want this effect? Or […]
As there are lots of exciting things going on at Hereford college of Arts, my aim is to get a lively selection of it into the newsletter and on the Palette magazine online blog. At HCA there are now two […]
Following the news last week that five artists had withdrawn from the Sydney Biennale in protest at the activities of its sponsor, Transfield, another four artists have now announced their withdrawal.
Prix Ars Electronica, the annual international competition for artists working with technology which last year received over 4000 submissions, has extended its deadline for 2014 entries.
Feeling a little bewildered. I decided to take a dog walk over the golf course to see what birds I could see, I thought it might be something to occupy me while I walked. Feeling a little hacked off by […]
Traditionally Pope’s have worn red shoes. Cardinal’s robes are red, the colour of blood symbolising a commitment to defend the church to death. Red is also the colour of powerful rulers,kings and emperors, symbolises the blood of Martydom and fire […]
9:30am I feel the need to write up thought on my dog sculpture. Obviously as seen in a previous post it is still a working progress. I am n ot sure whether it fits into my project yet or whether […]
The shoe is the archetypical fetish object. The Chelsea Art club in the UK held a show that had a combination auction burlesque show of artists decorated shoes called” Fu*k Me” Shoes in 2006. There were many contributing artists such […]
Just found this engraving of a pair of lovers by Master E.S from 1460. In the image, the man has discarded his very long left pattern, while she still wears hers. “Says it all, doesn’t it”. (“patterns” are over shoes)
This week I have concentrated on making ‘structures’ that relate to my movement drawings. I began by folding two drawings to create cube shapes. When I displayed them for our group crit the comments focussed on the spontaneous nature of […]
