As Christmas approaches, we’ll be veering off the High Street to offer a snapshot of gift ideas from across the UK that support the work of artists and arts organisations. This week, take your pick from handprinted wrapping paper, artist-designed beach towels and bags, and specially produced print editions and publications.
Week 55: 30th September – 6th OctoberThis week I headed over to Wakefield for the bi-monthly Artwalk. The Artwalk happens on the last Wednesday of the month and consists of all the various art spaces and galleries opening to members […]
Hayward Gallery, London
24 September – 15 December 2013
<CP> Eddie and I worked on our first shoot on Saturday. Mixed with excitement, I’d been worrying about it too. While chatting over coffee with a friend the day before I became aware that I was not listening to what […]
The city that distrusts photographers I am great admirer of the Magnum photographers so I looked with special interest at last Sunday Observer colour magazine (17.11.13) which carried a selection of photos they had taken in Marrakech in preparation for […]
Week 54: 23rd – 29th SeptemberAlthough I’m very much a maker of objects, I’m also interested in the relationship between the online and offline, particularly since my transfer meeting and the discussion about Digital Humanities in relation to my topic […]
<CP> I worked in my studio yesterday preparing some of the drawn surfaces that Eddie and I will use in the photography studio next week. The drawings comprise dense layers of graphite, systematically applied to a paper support, which are […]
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes Korean artist Haegue Yang at Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Michael Landy at the National Gallery, and photographic viewpoints of the city in Manchester.
<CP> I applied for an a-n New Collaborations Bursary to support a period of practice-based research between the photographer and photographic printer Edward Otchere and myself. My practice predominantly exists within the field of drawing, often starting with rudimentary media […]
Meeting / Reaction / Result <CP> For me, photography and how I have employed it, had developed into something frustratingly intangible – where the contents of the image remained untouchable within encoded bits of information, locked inside a computer screen. […]
This week’s (8-14 November) whistlestop tour of international contemporary art action takes us to Paris, Sao Paulo, New York, Gothenburg and Leuven in Belgium.
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London
24 September – 15 December 2013
Guildhall Art Gallery, London
7 September – 8 December 2013
A very good day – magical, playful, a feeling of childlike excitement. Actual glee. Just home, feeling exhilarated and animated after a first day of collaboration with For The Love of People, who are artists Caroline Hick http://bobbyhick.tumblr.com/and Jez Coram […]
Photostory- Horses exhibition at http://www.aligracie.org/arisucreativearts/exhibitions-2013/album/photostory-horses?p=1 All photography by Ali Gracie
Photostory – Butterflies exhibition at http://www.aligracie.org/arisucreativearts/exhibitions-2013/album/photostory-butterflies?p=1 All photography by Ali Gracie
Continuing our series on art books, Tim Clark is blinded by Lorenzo Vitturi’s A Dalston Anatomy, a vibrant and kaleidoscopic look at London’s Ridley Road Market that blends photography, sculpture and collage.
The winner of the 17th National Open Art Prize, worth £10000, is the Glasgow-based painter Graeme Wilcox.
Artists from across the UK will benefit from a-n bursaries specifically designed to support research and development of new collaborations within or beyond the arts. We introduce the artists and projects.
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This week’s must-see shows include Tate Modern’s latest blockbuster and a Manchester show curated by Jeremy Deller that explores the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
