“Is it a sculpture?” “No it’s not got a door.” “Is there a door on top?” “I can’t see!” “It might be a sculpture still”
Oh. A small word but can be a heavily loaded word. When you receive bad news. When you receive surprising information. When you receive information and want to ackwnowledge receipt of said information. When you don’t know what else to […]
We had a big family meet up today at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. There were cousins there I haven’t seen in 30 years and swapping memories of our childhood was great. We each have slightly different memories of the same occasions […]
Some everyday conversations today: In the shop buying bits of school uniform and new trainers for the youngest. The pleasantries of other shoppers and of shop assistants making small talk. Small talk Chitchat Pleasantries Talking rubbish Niceties These social niceties […]
I spent a lot of the day talking about how we talk to children and nurturing in general. nurture [nur-cher] verb (used with object), nur·tured, nur·tur·ing. to feed and protect: to nurture one’s offspring. to support and encourage, as during […]
Accessibility at last
The day began with a discussion on the Neolithic method of construction. It seems that they started with good intentions but when chaos intervened they made the best of what they had. How many of us artists identify with this […]
Hello! I am relatively new to selling my art and would appreciate any advice around a situation that has arisen recently with a gallery. I approached a small independent framing shop with gallery space recently in a town where I […]
The seventh edition of the annual exhibition showcasing work by recent graduates from art colleges across the West Midlands is presented in partnership with the second Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art, which opens in October.
Seaweed, trees, rivers, veins. Skeletal structures, views from above, all spread outwards, thinning and succumbing to the foundations that support them. Rivers follow fluctuations in the ground, geological underpinnings and fractures. Mine are stunted, it seems. Something stems the flow, […]
PhD research, methodology and thesis, all need written words. The primary means of expression is word. Inevitably, when an idea comes to my mind, it comes as an image. To put it into words for me is a description from […]
My random sketches and sound recordings are the raw material for at least two outcomes – to date, a film and a book. The book, which will consider the role of perceptual art in other areas of research, is a […]
This week’s recommended shows include multidisciplinary artist Aliyah Hussain’s feminist science fiction-influenced work at HOME, Manchester, plus a career spanning survey of Bridget Riley at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
Sometimes it’s good to take a step sideways as in the attached drawing which is not connected to anything in particular or any particular project. What I am asking myself though at the moment is whether or how I can […]
This evening we launched the collaborative publication Resilience is Futile which I have been Writer in Residence for YVAN and Corridor 8. I had some fantastic conversations with many people there: Some people I’ve known a while, some I’ve met […]
Oh how I wish I had access to this summary a few months ago! Ah well, I have slowly pieced together the puzzle pieces from conversations and web links, but this summary from the Guardian’s Science editor Ian Sample pulls […]
Sat having my breakfast, looking out at the garden… that middle distance staring thing… (it’s probably the new varifocals?) I’m having one of those self imposed pauses… I know that from about 12 today till the 19th, I will be […]
A giant etch-a-sketch, the beach is a perfect place for play. Everything will wash away and leave a new surface. I wrote “The tide will take me” in wet sand with a piece of dried cuttlefish and it began to […]
