Its all over…… MA show in the bag & new exciting drawing show starting tonight……….. http://www.karinjanssen.com/hungdrawnaltered.html
CAPITALIST REALISM is there no alternative by mark Fisher This is a great book. It explains contemporary malaise in terms of the structures/ systems of capitalism rendering us impotent due to a pervasive cynicism that this is it, that since […]
EXAM by ED PEARMAN I am now at the stage that I should be writing my thesis, so as a starting point I will update my blog………been to see a few shows and read a couple of good texts, so […]
The one necessary thing: A person must have one or the other: either a disposition that is easygoing by nature, or else a disposition eased by art and knowledge. Fredrich Nietzsche Misericord at Space Station 65 is showing the artists […]
I had three tutorials last friday at college, and not suprisingly three different opinions to contend with. The tutors at college have insisted that I stop making work in my sketchbook, which finally I did, to be told by visiting […]
i’ve also seen a couple of art works in Vyner street lately that have stuck in my mind. I discovered Richard Moon at Madder gallery. He makes work which appears narrative but explains nothing (his words not mine). i loved […]
GALLERY VISITS It was nice to get out and about today & explore some lesser known galleries, quite by chance a came across a couple of good shows. TinType Gallery was showing kaye Anobile ‘Simulacra’ She had made the most […]
Emily Allchurch I went to the Artist Talk by Emily Allchurch and Laura Noble at the Daiwa anglo-japanese Foundation 17 th feb. Emily Allchurch makes digital photographic paintings using hundreds of photographs to recreate masterpieces for modern times. The talk […]
Martin Arnold In our lecture today by Franis Summers, which by the way was really interesting but so full of new ideas to me that it made my head spin. He showed us martin Arnold’s ‘piece touchee’. I loved it, […]
LATEST EXPERIMENT thinking about colour too…… This work has been chosen by the curator Juan Bolivar for our interim show at the Nunnery. I have developed it slightly and used pure coulour sections for the ‘pie chart’ effect and i’m […]
VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY V. AUTHENTIC MATERIALITY I cant get the idea out of my head that I need to justify (to myself) why drawing, specifically pencil on paper might be a valid means of visual art today. I imagine it lies […]
KATERINA FRITSCH I remember her for her sculptures of repeated objects in bright colours. I have revisited this artist and found some of her new work to be brilliant. She has made the most amazing photos where it looks like […]