“AN will be an open line communication shared by all interested parties. It has not the resources nor the wish to be a one-way information service. It will be a clearing house for practical information and a means of raising issues significant to visual artists. The format is not fixed and will adapt and change according to the response and opinions of artists.” So wrote founder Richard Padwick in the first ever issue, published in September 1980, price 35p.
Although very many individuals now and in the past have given their best to or contributed hugely to a-n Magazine, with this the very last issue, I’d like to extend some special thanks: firstly to Gillian Nicol who started with […]
My piece for the Clifford Chance show is all packed up and almost ready to go. I have bought a couple of small hooks and want to spray them white but it is not easy buying spray paint here. Which […]
It is nearing the end of May and I am currently taking stock for a short time on the month as it is shaping up. The good news is that I have a mentor interested in developing my practice! The […]
Govan, Glasgow International Festival
28 April 2012
19/05/12 – Rehearsal on Thursday 17th. A chance to try out some new equipment and different text in the studio a few days ago, as well as trying new ‘stage’ set up. The performance at BETA on Wednesday was originally […]
The writer will tell you of his game “Decks were always in the basement but the noise always hit the attic rooms full of smoke chat drugs and hellos to morning light. At a good hour the basement filled with […]
A collection of perspectives for round two of the performance “Whistle Blower your Table Shine is Mine: Seduce and Destroy”, presented on Friday 11th May 2012, as part of Jennifer Picken and Richard Taylor’s 301 hour GO-GO residency at AWA […]
A-n Magazine May 1998: Increasingly, interdisciplinary or collaborative working processes are being used by artists, both as a means of extending their knowledge and personal experience and to create partnerships in which artists move beyond the close confines of the art world and can more readily address social, political and environmental concerns, we asked six artists, for whom collaborative working is a driving force, to describe their approaches and concerns and to provide some analysis of the issues an questions which have arisen.
South Hill Park, Bracknell
21 April – 17 June 2012
Snap! is over and Growing pains back with me, which is nice, even if I’d have liked it to find a loving home somewhere else, for a good price of course. I wished I could ask the work itself how […]
I often ponder: “What is it about my practice that separates it from the conceptual mainstream?”. I keep coming back to this point: my work is not “about” ritual and the sacred. It is ritual and sacred. My work is […]
Artists and co-mentors Ania Bas and Ruthie Ford explore socially engaged issues, language and practice. Here they talk to Andrew Bryant about the importance of process, their collaborative blog and the artists’ relationship to critical reading, writing and debate.
Today was the first day of workshops and my intention was to slowly introduce everyone to a set of ideas and skills to develop their knowledge of artists’ book practice and simple production methods. There were a number of outcomes […]
Satanism and satanic ritual abuse. Stemming from the 1991 Orkney satanic ritual abuse scandal, and further reinforced by the documentary “Accused” broadcast on BBC2 in 2006, the general view is that such things don’t happen, and never happened. The Establishment […]
This Research paper forms part of a series that looks specifically at the nature and value of openly-advertised work and opportunities for visual and applied artists. Drawing on data published on www.a-n.co.uk/jobs_and_opps, this series set out in 2007 to track on an ongoing basis the key categories of awards/fellowships, academic posts, art vacancies, commissions, exhibitions, residencies and competitions/prizes, and by doing so, to identify any trends arising, and provide commentary and contextual evidence and analysis from other related sources, to contribute to arts and cultural consultations and policy.
Why talk about illness when talking about art and ideas is so much more interesting and comfortable? Because in the end a professional art-practice comprises of more than making the work – after all it needs to be exposed to […]
Things have calmed down the last two weeks, I’ve managed to get into the studio a few times and actually have started making some new pieces! Nothing is finished yet, but at least I don’t feel so stagnant. My studio […]
A New Studio I have taken another positive step towards rebuilding my practice. I have a new studio space! I am sharing a studio with Katie Goodwin, with whom I worked with successfully in the past during the MA. We […]
Exposed Materials and Processes in Art Practice: I love it when art-bloggers write in detail about their materials and methods. Very helpful, indeed. Stephen B. MacInnis from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island is very, very good at communicating regarding this aspect […]
Flow is a tidemill, a floating building on the River Tyne that generates its own power using a tidal water wheel and houses a range of musical machinery that responds to the river. It is one of the twelve Artists taking the lead’ commissions to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. ~Flow is the brainchild of the artist group Owl Project and producer Ed Carter: To bring their fantastical idea to life required the skills and expertise of a diverse range of professionals, including Nicky Kirk, a chartered architect; Amble Boat Company; and David Willcox, a waterwheel designer. Here David, Ed and Owl Project talk about their experience.
Thirty-eight artists have been selected from more than 600 hundred applications for the 5th Oriel Davies Open exhibition (Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, until 27 June). “Works presented use diverse materials and visual techniques to push boundaries – such as challenging […]
My mind has not been with dolls or in Berlin this week. I have just returned from a trip to Antwerp. I fell in love with this city some years ago when I had an exhibition there and am always […]
Decision-time: My art-life needs to change. Or should I say evolve? Have been thinking hard these last few months about what I can do and how I can do it. The thing is, I’ve got M.E. and it affects every […]
Going into the start of the week in your professional shoes on means that the mucky work tends to get neglected, and so far, nothing whatsoever has been done on the painting or scupture front. I’d set Monday aside as […]
