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The Cat Speaks…

by Claire Rice

When we first went into lockdown, it prompted me to paint the outside wall that I’d been meaning to paint since I moved here in 2013. I took a photo of the wall this weekend and I was struck by […]

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Questing for Forest Cove

by Hepzibah McLeod

This project is in tandem with the blog: “Locked down into Paying/Denying Attention”.
I intend to access a beach that has no official access.

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Class of 2020: Louisa Clark

by a-n Degree Shows

BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. Louisa Clark says of her practice: “My work aims to form different perspectives on familiar things, inviting a type of playful observation. My practice is primarily concerned with the translation […]

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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2020

by a-n Resources

Includes an expanded ‘Class of 2020’ section featuring images and insight from both graduating students and lecturers, plus there’s an extensive interview with collaborative duo Jane and Louise Wilson, and collectives from around the UK discuss why ‘putting heads together to collaborate is an artistic no brainer’. Available on issuu and as downloadable pdf.

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Class of 2020: Aisha Matraxia

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BA Fine Art (Sculpture), Leeds Art University. Speaking about her work, Aisha Matraxia says: “Throughout the past two years, my work has been a gradual development into looking at the home and our relationship with objects and the domestic. My […]

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Class of 2020: Jonah Fried

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BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of Arts London. Speaking about his work, Jonah Fried says: “My practice revolves around mark-making as an aid to my core research, which looks at uniqueness and mass production. In my quest […]

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TWO MINTS

by Roz Cran

Two Mints on my allotment presently. How many mints are there? 7,500. Yes. The Mint Family Lamiaceae includes mints, sage, lavender, basil, thymes. Mints alone have 600 varieties including peppermint, spearmint, chocolate, orange, apple, liquorice, ginger etc. Mint the herb […]

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#payingattention via rock

by Hepzibah McLeod

Images: 50°18’50.4″N 3°36’60.0″W 29.04.2020 Both taken at the same time, different angle. In lock down within walking distance of the beach, provided my arthritis isn’t playing up too much. #payingattention #notphotoshopped

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A bee’s introduction.

by Hepzibah McLeod

Image: Bombus lucorum 12.04.20 A very proper bumble bee, with a yellow stripe and a white bum, crawled under a log after a lot of dithering about. I had been trespassing and was now nearing the public right of way […]

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Plugging into something else.

by Hepzibah McLeod

Image: Lockdown 12.04.20 This started in the first week of UK Lockdown, when I caught myself bogged down in the daily mire of scrolling through the newsless news app. What am I looking at? Anguished and tearful at articles more frightening […]

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Class of 2020: Preeti Shannon Tak

by a-n Degree Shows

BA Fine Art, The Cass, London Metropolitan University final-year student Preeti Shannon Tak speaks to India Nielsen. “I am fascinated by the genetic make-up of everything” London artist Preeti Shannon Tak is in her final year of BA Fine Art […]

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Class of 2020: Jack McElroy

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BA(Hons) Fine Art, Sculpture and Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art final year student Jack McElroy speaks to Jamie Limond. “It’s about making an artwork that can be enjoyed by people who don’t want to enjoy it as an artwork” […]

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Student art: “Sincerity is in, glib humour out”

by a-n Degree Shows

As Brexit gives way to Covid-19 as the defining factor shaping all our futures, Chris Sharratt asks lecturers and course leaders about the kind of art this year’s graduates are making. “I think this stuff comes from an anxiety about […]

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Untitled blog post from "Keeping It Going"

by Kate Murdoch

Some objects I’ve selected for this project have impacted on me more than others and I’ve used this blog to write about it. Today’s objects are a case in point – a tiny, bronze vintage pendant and an even tinier […]

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Class of 2020: Gwyneth Machin

by a-n Degree Shows

BA Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art. Working with materials such as plaster, soil and paper, Gwyneth Machin focuses on our relationship with the Earth, from “the visceral feeling in landscape to the oppressive canyons of a cityscape”. Drawing on childhood […]

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Class of 2020: Charlotte Guérard

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BA Fine Art Painting, University of Brighton final-year student Charlotte Guérard speaks to Kitty Bew. “The painting becomes an object or an archive of my gestures, something that happened in my body separate to what happened in my head.” Charlotte […]

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Handhold

by Nicola Thompson

Part of my Handhold Series, this work is an outcome of my observations of what symbolises human nature, every life and connection. This piece is hand embroidered on French linen and is a contemporary symbol of life and togetherness which […]

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Class of 2020: Lydia Makin

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BA Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, London final-year student Lydia Makin speaks to Isaac Nugent. “I’m trying to find something through the process of painting itself” Moving between abstraction and figuration, Lydia Makin’s paintings brim with energy. Using […]

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Slow Travel – A Privilege Not A Sacrifice

by Rob La Frenais

This was published just before the crisis, about artists using trains and sea routes to reach artists residencies. Now people are either stuck in their residencies or can’t reach them. Here are some pointers for when we can all travel again. Photo by me of Copenhagen Station.

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