In this piece, I painted a symbolic representation of David Bowie’s song ‘Life on Mars?’ released in 1971. The line ‘Now she walks through her sunken dream’ conjured images of a surreal, blurred reality and the young girl with ‘mousy […]
Puppetising Transport variously, thoughtful and thought provoking fun.
My discussions around anthropological perspectives on art have led me to reconsider the relationship between art and authenticity. This was also the subject of a recent Leeds Humanities Research Institute seminar. The seminar series, entitled ‘Experimental Philosophical Aesthetics’, was organised […]
What is my work? What is the context? What is it about the body that I want to say? What do you want the audience to experience? Am I overthinking the work? By analysing my work, I need to spend […]
During the term I have had discussions with both my tutors and peers about my work and how process is a crucial element in the making of my work. Therefore I felt the need to film some of my work […]
Since last week my mind has been all over the place; last week was so overwhelming due to continuous studio work, foundry workshops and the gap critique that I was involved in. However, I finally feel that my practice has […]
What an amazing experience I had today visiting the Silent Explosion exhibition of Ivor Davies’ work at the National Museum in Cardiff; also the chance to hear about the work from the curator of the exhibition, Judit Bodor. The first […]
The beginning of the week proved to be a difficult start; I felt stuck and frustrated by my work. I think that I’m over thinking and over analysing every aspect, which is important and crucial to my practice; however it […]
MILK up to 1 month Fee – None Travel – None Accommodation – None Expectations- North East based artist. Make work in gallery space http://www.mmmilk.co.uk/about Resartist, Open Roads, 3 weeks Fee – None Travel – None Accommodation – $750 Expectations […]
I’m back in the foundry; an environment I feel most at home in. I don’t know what it is about the foundry that I’m drawn to; the heat, the possibility of danger, the process, the fact that it is associated […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here I have often asked, of specific people, and of the world, through social media, “How do people cope with the world if they aren’t artists?” It is a genuine question, as my response to […]
I’ve found this week quite challenging and mentally draining at times; the work is developing, however I feel overwhelmed by ideas and certain elements of my practice. It could be due to the fact that formative assessments are around the corner […]
Review of new work by Simon Lee Dicker in response to a residency at the Twineworks in West Coker
I have been completely inactive on this blog since returning to the studio after the Aarhus exhibition. This is down to a couple of things: first a holiday with the family after the show, then after returning to the studio, […]
Took some time out of the studio on Friday and went down to Cardiff Bay to catch the Diffusion exhibitions that were exhibited in BayArt, Cory’s Building, Third Floor Gallery, Wales Millennium Centre and Norwegian Church. The quality and concept […]
Oblique Arts is a small not for profit visual arts organisation working out of Cambridge, UK. We are currently setting up a studio centre in Southern Spain and I need to find out the legal requirements (if any) in doing […]
Botanical- Botanikos(Greek)
/bəˈtanɪkl/
noun
plural noun: botanicals
a substance obtained from a plant and used typically in medicinal or cosmetic products.
