Paris Blog 13.10.08 The weather has been absolutely stunning since I arrived and it must be at least in the mitt 20 eths The Indian summer inspired me for a walk though the sculpture garden that is on the left […]
Yesterday evening I found out that a short clip of one of my Rivesaltes videos has been included by the Frieze Foundation for their film “Road Movie” and will be shown on Channel 4 tomorrow (Thursday 16th October) during the […]
White knuckle taxi rides, wallet massaging, leathery kings vitrined for an infinity, not the eternal life they imagined. Dismembered cars used as rubbish bins, shit I'm in cairo, well couldnt expect anything different! A contemporary gallery tucked away inside the […]
who is the secret millionaire in my life at the moment ? i don't know, there are so many contenders, so much value being added. heard a chap talk about his practice today, it was interesting to the point of […]
A book I ordered through Amazon arrived today. For some reason I looked closely at the original price sticker on the back and it said it was from Silver Moon Bookshop, 68 Charing Cross Road. Talk about nostalgia!
WEDNESDAY How gloomy these images are – dark and monochrome – a bit like me today. Collywobbles. However we finished the blackboards, got the wallpaper painted and on the wall ready to touch up. Went shopping for lights and torches […]
When I left the world above ground this morning it was damp and drizzly. Under Ground the weather means nothing. Under Ground there is no sun, no mobile phone signal, no light except that which we choose.
tuesday was good. me and others went to see a gallery with a view to exhibiting next year. it was big and cold but a v.interesting space so we left with our mental cogs whirring. we visited the gagosian gallery […]
Yes the hybrid hit the target hard it seems, which is good. I did not get the job I had an interview for the other day. Looking back now I can see clearly with hindsight which is often 20-20. I […]
I am back for a second time at Cite Internationale des Arts. I found my stay last year of such great benefit that I applied to come back this Autom. It is an inspiring place to work as well as […]
Fine-Art BA (Hons) Interdisciplinary Practice
Anyone who has their own website probably receives a lot of spam. I'd like to think there's a conceptual artist who'll make an installation from all this spam, it's an obvious subject so I'm sure it's been done to death […]
By Peter Watkins – Artist-in-Residence When driving the 660 miles, the twelve-and-a-half hours, and what seems like, and almost is, the entire length of France, its incredible how you see. (Tyres ceaselessly rolling over toll-standard tarmac, service stations, watchful mullets, […]
My first weekend has been spent exploring. Jonathan his son and I drove to a nearby former holding camp where thousands were sent to Auschwitz pre-ww2; this place has been the source of much inspiration for Jonathan in recent years. […]
if you had all the freedom and no restriction, what would the most fulfilling experience be? I feel like I inhabit the edges of my life instead of the core at the moment.
Intercom-Johanna Hallsten 10th October-1st November 2008 Johanna Hallsten’s latest work begins in the window of the AirSpace Gallery, whilst looking into the Gallery window you will see an idyllic forest like setting, cut out of the landscape and transferred into […]
There was a second element to the ReOrsa art project, incorporating all the temporarily empty spaces available in the town centre. In the middle of Charles Square, two empty shops were transformed into gallery spaces and even became platforms for […]
Phew!…have just posted first draft of "The Children of Craig-y-nos" on email to Dr Carole Reeves. It's going to need some serious editing because it stands at 120,000 words – and that's before Dr Reeves writes her side from the […]
I have a very busy week ahead, mainly with non art matters but it means I will have a little trouble getting in to the studio this week. I decided to go in to the studio last night from 7pm […]
TUESDAY MORNING This is my first attempt to draw the black bird. We had another busy day and things started to move on. We found the lights in the back gallery, and discovered a sink in the workroom. We have […]
While working in the partially-lit basement today, I set up my camera & tripod to document some of the things we were working on. Just for a little while I let myself be distracted by playing with those long exposures […]
The hybrid was inevitable and here it is. tomorrow ……administrative essential planning preparation figures numbers times projections anticipations and dates. How does the brain deal with unknowns like this list, I am immersed in, treading water in, living amongst unknowns […]
Sarah Thelwall reveals that there is not one art market but several different ones. These markets are very different in terms of the artists, gallerists and collectors who participate and develop them. This Art market tour articulates the main markets and looks at what drives them.
