A dovecote or dovecot (Scots: Doocot) is a building intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be square or circular free – standing structures or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pigeonholes for […]
New Clay Piece – Pantograph enlargement I’ve not had a chance to blog recently as I’ve been working long hours on my new piece and have been totally absorbed. It is going really well. Using the pantograph was great, but […]
Bowscale Tarn is on the swim circle and therefore (roughly) the same distance from Blea Tarn – the centre – as all the other tarns. Yet try as we may it felt like we were going to some sort of […]
Rain drumming on the studio roof, and music playing as I work; I’ve had a better day today, after a run of disasters. I’ve been working hard every day on paintings and drawings, all of which (except today’s) have ended […]
Developing the degree show catalogue..with interesting results…
Big pieces of paper, charcoal and conte. Using inspiration from picasso and Einstein. Not much more i can say.
Ansuman Biswas reviews Who You Are?, Chris Goode’s response to Miroslaw Balka’s How it is, as part of ‘Experiences of the Dark’, 15 March 2010, Tate Modern, London.
Taylor Bell Foundry, Loughborough
23 March 2010
South Hill Park, Bracknell
6 February – 4 April 2010
Nick Fox, Dreamcatcher (chrysanthemum flower), cut out acrylic paint pressed between glass, 23x17cm, 2008.
Being a first time buyer of your magazine I read your letters page with amazement. Is this really the first time that issues about the pretentiousness of the art world have been raised in such depth?
Antony Gormley’s One and Other commission for the Fourth Plinth last year, and more recently Michael Landy’s Art Bin project at South London Gallery both suggest the emergence of a new form of artwork that has the capacity to engage mass audiences directly.
On 3 December 2009 I attended an Arts Breakfast at Deveron Arts, Huntly. Arts Breakfasts form a staple diet within the Deveron Arts programme.
Ramsgate-based artist-led initiative Meltdowns was awarded a NAN Go and See bursary in February 2008 to visit the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Aberdeen for research and development. Emilia Telese talks to Stacy Keeler of Meltdowns about their experience.
