This week our recommendations include naked youths and found objects in Wakefield, a glass pavilion in the Scottish countryside, and contemporary art-themed crazy golf in Derby.
I would argue that a healthy range of different arts facilities are vital for a thriving city; as evidenced in Gateshead (Baltic and Sage), MIMA in Middlesborough, Walsall Contemporary Art Gallery and the multi million pound development currently underway in […]
Three new artists join as studio holders here from September. Its such an excting time as they bring in lots of cardboard boxes, making trips to Ikea for shelves and storage, installing new mugs and coffee jars in the kitchen […]
Studio75 as a physical space closed in May 2013. We learned a lot from setting up and running this space. Some of what we learned was very disappointing and some of it was inspiring and life/art affirming. We met some […]
The Blumenfeld Experience Trying not to waste a thought; but if I’m not doing it tonight, I know it’ll drag until it’s gone!? So here it is – a quick post about photography or, shall I say, a short list […]
Continuing our series on art books, Tim Clark savours the beautiful simplicity of Aleix Plademunt’s Almost There, a galaxy-spanning journey into the photographer’s physical existence.
This week’s must-see shows include images of witches and witchcraft in Edinburgh, Mass Observation photography in London and artist-grown cucumbers in Leeds.
Week 45: 22nd – 28th JulySometimes the most interesting finds are the ones that you stumble upon by accident, and walking into the ‘Emporium of Optical Novelty’, by photographer and film-maker Simon Warner, was one such occasion. This pop-up curiosity […]
WE ARE ALIVE AGAIN Awaking early from a nightmare about a painful estrangement from a brother.Come on, come on, get up, we have to go out.The three of us, escaping into the pale morning sun, I need to walk it […]
Family photography: Archives, albums and groupings Going back this weekend to finish ‘Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age’ (Ed Loewenthal) I read an intriguing chapter by Rodolfo de Bernart, who is professor of Family Therapy in Psychiatry at […]
For her solo show at the Grundy Art Gallery, New York-based artist Zoe Beloff has created a Freudian dreamland that draws on the famous psychoanalyst’s visits to Coney Island and Blackpool Pleasure Beach. The result, reports Bob Dickinson, is a thrill ride into a fictional past.
IMMA, Dublin
22 June – 25 August 2013
Very very chuffed: my 3 20×20 paintings have been accepted for the 20 squared exhibition in Middlesborough. So now I just need to get them packed up and sent off. Today has started well even though I have some nasty […]
Mixed Media Painting on canvas Troodos Mountains, Cyprus by Ali Gracie Mixed Media on Canvas Original Painting (varnished) for Sale Size: 45.5 x 35.5 cm or 18 x 14 inches http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/159059185/mixed-media-painting-on-canvas-troodos?ref=shop_home_active The painting is a realistic depiction of the mountains […]
Continuing our series focusing on visually-rich art books, Tim Clark picks up Marion Gronier’s Glorious, a collection of colour portraits of travelling circus performers, and finds an intense and intriguing study of human presence.
Void, Derry
27 July – 31 August 2013
… Continued from last post ..So for a few weeks I didn’t have the mental space or time to actively process the sessions. I quickly realised that I was going need longer than the original timescale I had set myself […]
This week’s must-see shows range from the intense, tropical canvases of Peter Doig in Edinburgh to sound art in South London.
Been reading ‘Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age’ (Ed Del Loewenthal) this week – the book was kindly suggested by fellow a-n blogger Rodney Dee (www.a-n.co.uk/p/2422257) who is studying for an MA in Art Psychotherapy at Roehampton. I […]
