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Over the Easter break I have had some of my paintings framed and done more work on two of my canvas paintings (with a view to choosing some of this work for my final degree show). I’ve also had time […]
I’ve been thinking about how best to present some of my photography in my degree show and have decided to make a book. This will be a story told by images and few words. The images will be drawn from […]
Another 23 artists have been awarded funding in the latest round of a-n’s New collaborations bursary scheme, which supports critical and artistic development through collaborative working.
Things are hotting up as the big date for the opening gets nearer. It’s been non-stop since I last found the time to write a blog post. The main thing has been to get the catalogue to a stage for […]
Le passage du temps, 2013 This piece was amazing, it was painful to set it all up, each lampshade was hanging from the ceiling with fishing line, I didn’t have a plan about where to hang each lampshades, I just […]
Seminal works in felt and animal fat by Joseph Beuys, the first survey in Europe of Ursula von Rydingsvard’s meticulously assembled structures, and the largest collection of British surrealist art in the country – this week’s selections take us to Oxford, Wakefield and Kendal, via Milton Keynes and London.
This week (11-17 April), we’re getting agitated in Limerick with EVA International, celebrating Van Gogh at a new gallery in Arles, and visiting Cologne for the 46th edition of the world’s oldest art fair.
Next week, Flis Holland and I will embark upon our collaborative project. Beginning with a week long residency / exhibition that has been secured at Vapaan Taiteen Tila in Helsinki, we hope to use this time to develop an ongoing […]
7th April 2014 Wendy Mc Murdo Wendy Mc Murdo is an artist I researched when starting my dissertation. She creates uncanny pictures focusing on the doppelganger. Wendy McMurdo works like me in both traditional photography and computer technology to create […]
Reflecting back to the previous Bacon post, I found a video of Bacon talking about how he uses photography in his work. He was inspired by paintings by Van Gogh, Valazquez and many more artists and he also works from […]
Artist Research: Since I have been looking at video installations I decided to look at other artist that uses videos in their own work to see how they use them to create piece. The first artists that I looked at […]
As has been previously mentioned within this blog, my use of family photography throughout this project has meant that I have produced all of my prints in a 6×4 format to match that of the original image. Whilst producing my […]
Whilst discussing my ideas, one of my peers suggested that these objects could be displayed in frames on the wall and presented in this way. I considered the idea, but thought more about how I wanted my work to be […]
Talking to some people at the UCS show at Marylebone Church in London, it was mentioned that my painting has a haunting religious element to it and fits well with the surroundings . I did find it strange seeing the […]
I have started to look at my personal relationship towards my work today, rather than being so consumed by theory. Throughout most of my experience at university I have been trying to put across the Male Gaze/ Objectification theory in […]
Since completing my 22 series on both normal and anaglypta paper, I have rearranged how my prints were positioned on the wall of my studio space. By matching each pair of prints and placing them right next to each other, […]
Roe Ethridge’s latest photobook, Sacrifice Your Body, is a searing exploration of the real making itself present in an artificial world, and provides plenty for Tim Clark to think about.
Hello, it’s been a while since I made an update. When I was in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan last year, I visited the most amazing flea market. It’s called ‘Vernissage’ (1) and it sells pretty much everything including books, carpets, […]
I am not a gifted painter. Actually I’m not even an average painter. Probably not even that. But there’s this little voice in my head that keeps telling me that if you can’t paint you aren’t a real artists. No […]
The recent Lumen Prize Symposium in London was an opportunity for artists and academics working with digital technologies to discuss the past, present and future of artistic practice in the digital realm. Dawn Haleta reports.