40th Anniversary Feature
40 Years 40 Artists: Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley recalls the “exciting rollercoaster” of making work in the 1980s and his admiration for a-n’s “modesty and pragmatism”.
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40th Anniversary Feature
40 Years 40 Artists: Lis Rhodes
Lis Rhodes reflects on her involvement in protests and strikes during the 1980s, and her co-founding of the feminist film and video network Circles.
40th Anniversary Feature
40 Years 40 Artists: Chila Kumari Singh Burman
Chila Kumari Singh Burman discusses the development of her work during the “highly experimental, politically charged time” of the 1980s.
40th Anniversary Feature
From the a-n archive: Mona Hatoum, May 1987
In May 1987, Mona Hatoum was our featured cover artist, pictured with Stefan Szczelkun’s during their performance Crosstalk.
40th Anniversary Feature
40 Years 40 Artists: Sunil Gupta
Sunil Gupta discusses making work about the experiences of gay men in his hometown of Delhi and setting up Autograph in the 1980s.
40th Anniversary Feature
40 Years 40 Artists: Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson considers his major sound and sculptural installation inside the Tyne Bridge and performing with Bow Gamelan Ensemble during the 1980s.
40th Anniversary Feature
From the a-n archive: Sunil Gupta, Autograph Photographers, December 1989
Sunil Gupta discusses the commercial photography library and agency set up by the recently founded Autograph: the Association of Black Photographers.
40th Anniversary Feature
Artists Newsletter #1: The 1980s
In the first of a new series of publications celebrating the a-n archive, Black Hole Club unearth the past, probe the present, and look to the future.
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Artists Newsletter #1: The 1980s
In the first of our new series of magazine style publications celebrating the a-n archive, Birmingham-based Black Hole Club unearth the past, probe the present, and look to the future.
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EXCITEMENT IS THE WRONG FEELING ONE GET WHEN THEY RECEIVE A BROWN ENVELOPE,RIGHT
FrancisJohn Chan’s Reflection on the Study Group – Art/Activism, initiated by Bettina Fung. This study group session, led by Bettina Fung and Karen Le Roy Harris, bleeds beyond the hours on my calendar, has me thinking about how we artists/activists […]
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Seminar Paper. “Is there anybody out there”
In this post I will be showing the methods I have used in the Vox Pop project. Inspired by several artists including Susan Hiller for her use of sound and text, and Thomas Demand for his realistic cardboard sculptures. I […]
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is there anybody out there?
Final submission piece for the Themes, Theories and Practice module at University. After discovering the phenomenon of the social media suicide note, I decided to create a sculpture that conveyed the sadness and isolation of those suffering from Mental illness. […]
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What would it be like 30 years ago?
How would the covid pandemic of been managed 30 years ago, without the tech we have today.
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Dropping out – conversation #02
25 November 2020 Themes Ranting, survival, health, trauma, recovery Tentacles of enquiry “I didn’t mean to start off with ranting”. Some of us needed to vent, to release energy and frustration. ..Processing is part of the process… Coming back to […]
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The Tiny Art Gallery Manual – how I wrote the book
“A great practical guide Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2020 Verified Purchase “This is a great guide. Even as a gallery owner myself, I’ve already learned so much from Lisa’s experience, particularly around social media and the […]
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Arts organiser
Podcast guest opportunity. What can we learn?
The Constructive Podcast is looking for guests, individuals or small panels, who have a solutions-focused message to share. The essence of the conversation is what can we learn? If you’re an artist that’s been exploring a social issue, or environmental […]
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Husk
An act of eating something I am allergic to in order to internalise its properties By placing the grapefruit flesh into the iron vessel it gives it a fertile nature that if I consume I can attribute to myself. […]
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Conversation
Hermetic philosophy describes a connection between speech and sex in a physical sense. The architecture of the body describes the tongue, through the spinal chord is connected to the genitalia. This surreal and visceral imagery of this connection, relates very […]
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PP2 – Matthew Burrows #artistsupportpledge
Professional Practice Two.
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PP2 – Isolation Art School
Professional Practice Two.
Isolation Art School and Keith Tyson.
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PP2: Textile Waste Pollution
As a mixed media artist who’s work is predominantly textile based, I am very aware of the escalating and disastrous impact that the textile industry is having on the environment. As the textile and clothing industry continues to grow the […]
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‘Why, I’d trash him from top to bottomus!’
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North East England
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Syncing with the Furnace
I have found during an iron pour I am always on my period. It either starts the day before or the morning of the pour almost without fail. Even the first time I participated in a pour, when I was […]
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Untitled blog post from "Keeping It Going"
It’s ten years since I attended a series of meetings in which a number of regular a-n bloggers were invited to speak about the advantages of writing as part of their creative practice: Alex Pearl, Emily Speed, Rosalind Davis, Rob […]
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The Sweet Spot…
The Sweet Spot… It’s a bit cold in the studio today. (Although I have to say that of all the studios I’ve ever inhabited, this is the cosiest) I haven’t been here for ages, so it’s chilled to its bones. […]