Platform have been working hard since I last posted about us. We now have a website, membership structure, exhibition plans and hopefully studio premises. Our new website is http://www.platformartsthelens.co.uk/ Where you can find out about becoming a member, our exhibition […]
Jack Hutchinson speaks to volunteers at Surface Gallery, an independent, artist-led gallery and studio complex in Nottingham. Its expansive programme involves exhibitions, talks and residencies.
Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
29 September – 12 November 2011
K Clackson, 'Doorspace London'. Courtesy: Doorspace.
Richard Taylor, Kimbal Bumstead, ''again he lifted the mop as if to make a connection with the man's head'', digital photograph, November 2011. Courtesy: artists.
EB&Flow Gallery, B&N Gallery, London
4 October – 5 November 2011
after a morning painting outsidde I realsied that I was recreating works gone by . I want to undrsatnd them better what made the intresting to me. Was it the subject, forms, colours or a other. In the afternnon I […]
OK, So the heater didn’t work in pablo’s room – it brightened up the room so much he didn’t sleep. He then locked himself in his room somehow – a scary moment – but we managed to talk him through […]
I got a great letter back from Julia from Platform China – she gathered notes from the seamstresses about the dinner event we held in Beijing. Yang Rui: As the participants are involved in the whole work, it reflects the […]
I got an email back from Julia from Platform China in Beijing, she sent notes from the girls that we worked with that night – the seamstresses – Inspired by the work of Lygia Clarke, and the positive social aspirations […]
Bye Ceri. So Ceri Hand Gallery is leaving Liverpool in early 2012 and setting up shop in London. This came as a big shock to many of us in Liverpool, although we could understand it perfectly at the same time. […]
New Painting! With little effort I could make it ‘better’ and ‘perfect’. However I think its strength lies in its rawness. I may change my mind. There seems to be an ever growing list of possible titles. Working title at […]
Comments now enabled! Thanks Franny. Dog walked; emails checked and no ‘revenue-generating’ work in so studio day here we come.
It has been a quiet time on the blog front for me recently. Apart from not feeling the urge to log on and blog, it is getting near the Christmas deadlines on my course. The pressure barometer has been cranked […]
we did the art trail. legacy here: http://belperarttrail2011.blogspot.com/ and we enjoyed it, and we said we’d have another go in 2012. we keep a blog of what we’re doing: http://belperarttrail2012.blogspot.com/ and we’re running a fun participatory activity we call the […]
the project is complete. finishing the activity report was rewarding and i was able to really reflect on what i had done and acheived and look towards future activities and other outings of the snee snaw.
I ended spending more time on the talk “German Romantics, Minimalism and the Sublime” than I had anticipated and continued to edit it until the Wednesday night before the talk. Some of the editing became quite vicious as a result […]
have some new audio visual work shown at counterText11 in Bridport. It’s a great opportunity to meet other artists and talk about our work, our ideas and future possibilities. Been really great to be part of this show.
Aside from an almost 3 hour board of study meeting, today has seen me finishing some pieces to be submitted (tomorrow!!) to the 15x15x£15 exhibition at Avenue Gallery. This years theme was ‘Open’, so my submission explores the notion of […]
Just back from the wilds of Margate. Exhibition all hung. Looks good. Really pleased with my monoprint map collages – they had some really nice comments – and I sold one to one of the other printmakers. I always think […]
At long last i managed to put some work up to be marked and yet with so many things stacked against me it was a success. Because of the stairs being the place i wanted my work to be in […]
Sporting League 2010 – 2011 Game 22 Tranquilayers put in a watertight defensive shift as they held on against the tricky Red Star forward line to win by a goal to nil after a luck ricochet separated the teams. Bayerns […]
The Arena manager Pam sent me the invite for my P.V. I think it looks great. No backing out now! haha. No really I’m excited but anxious too I think I’ll be until I get the work up.