The Ovation 2002 Awards for Yorkshire and Humberside were launched in May. Developed by the Creative Industries Development Agency (CIDA) they celebrate the outstanding creative achievements of individuals or creative businesses working with CIDA, each of whom has achieved significant […]
My performances are not shown in public. I build objects that are not sculptures and I use photography for documentation without a second thought.
Chris Bucklow’s new series of work Tetrarchs, along with his spectral Guest series from the early 90s convey his concern with the metaphysical possibilities of the photographic medium. His multiple approach to his subject matter, utilising photography, drawing and video, […]
Working internationally, and how this informs an individual artist’s practice, need not only be about physical travel. Gavin Wade and Aleksandra Mir give personal assessments of their involvement in two different projects. Both projects are ongoing, constantly evolving, and involve a process of research and collaboration with individuals and organisations from different countries. The results of this methodology – the surrendering of a degree of individual authorship – influences the physical manifestation of each artist’s final work.
Visual arts is well featured amongst the Year of the Artist programme of residencies in the national press and media recently announced. At The Guardian will be digital artist Michael Atavar, who’s working processes will have an impact for six […]
Matt Price describes how he curated an exhibition entirely through the web.
The Culture Company, an independent commissioning agency based in Huddersfield, aims to promote surprising and creative interventions in everyday places. Their remit combines the programming of events as diverse as exhibitions, festivals, conferences and commissions, working with both public and […]
I recently completed a public art commission for the new Library and Learning Centre at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Prenelle Gallery, West India Quay, Docklands, London 2 August – 6 September
The Travelling Gallery, touring Scotland 12 August – 29 November
This year’s Big Draw, running 16-23 October, brings together one thousand venues of all types and sizes. Included are the major national museums, shopping centres, stately homes, Roman palaces, folk museums, steam pumping stations, church halls, gardens, stations and even […]
For artists, fellowships and research awards from trusts and academic institutes are recognised as delivering much-needed resources for artistic advancement at crucial stages in their careers. Amongst these is the Arts Council of England Helen Chadwick Fellowship, awarded this year […]
Louise Clements and Jonathan Willett describe Spectrum 2002, a light-infused programme of exhibitions and outreach work at Nottingham’s artist-run Lightsource.
Su Grierson and Diane Maclean report on their activities as co-organisers of Looklook.
Every five years the provincial German town of Kassel, one hundred miles north of Frankfurt, hosts one of the biggest events in the art world calendar. Frederika Whitehead profiles ‘Documenta 11’ and picks some of her personal highlights.
After responding to an opportunity listing in the October 2001 issue of [a-n] Magazine for a residency in Charing Cross Hospital, Clare Johnson was selected and invited to start work in December. The project organised by the Arts Committee for […]
As an artists’ facility and studio complex, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop has been active on the Scottish art scene for the last fifteen years. More recently, we have been setting up links with numerous European countries, the most ambitious and widespread […]
Over the last ten years I have been involved in a series of ambitious publicly sited projects that have been diverse, both in their physical appearance and their scale, whilst fulfilling various conceptual criteria.
Selected by art historian Frances Borzello, academic and commentator Germaine Greer, artist Jenny Saville, and expert on ageing Dr Leonie Kellaher ‘Art, Age and Gender’ presents work by women artists that explores all aspects of ageing from cradle to grave. […]
For the Beacon’s Golden Years project, Martin Newth has used pinhole photography, hand-built giant camera obscuras and digital imaging to examine perceptions of changes in Whitehaven, and its immediate and wider context over the past fifty years. Engaging with community […]
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen’s shop and gallery, based at the Riverside Mill in Bovey Tracey on the fringes of Dartmoor, has recently undergone a transformation. Thanks to substantial grants from the lottery, it now boasts new display units, fitted […]
Malcolm Dickson highlights the issues around the future needs of artists’ organisations in Scotland.
Judith Staines visits Mumbai and reports on its reputation for contemporary art.
Brendan Fletcher takes a look at how artist-led initiatives, and the Manchester galleries’ willingness to listen have helped shape the current changes in the Manchester art scene.
I have been working on an ongoing video series – Interludes – since 1997.
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