Refuge: in search of safety
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Archive
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Venue:
FaB2 -
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May 27, 2017 -
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June 11, 2017 -
Location:
South West England
We meet on the first Thursday of the month, usually to listen to a speaker, followed by question and answer session/conversation I will discover from this blog as it progresses, how to go about it, how to write it. This […]
The Pieces Of Me Amy Dillwyn kept diaries throughout her life. The Pieces of Me are mono-prints of one personal diary that had large sections cut out. In removing these pieces, Dillwyn appears to be editing herself from or for […]
To comprehend the subject of cultural sexual exploitation and visually decipher it’s many constructs; I started drawing, experimenting with ink, form, the age of the girl and her poise. In figures XXXVIII the girl is alone and younger. The spots […]
Looking into connections between autobiographical memory and clothing, linking art and science through research and material investigation.
Image: Untitled (STB), 2011, plaster, 30 x 12.5 x 9.5 cm (cast of inside of clothing)
The Iron on the Dress is in response to Amy Dillwyn’s first steps of divorcing societal restraints and expectations. Many times she refers to herself as molten metal, a furnace. The act of pouring molten metal over the dress alludes […]
I work in the De La Warr Pavilion galleries as an invigilator and during my shifts I have time to reflect on the work around me and naturally I drift into how it influences my own work. This is valuable […]
A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including porcelain sculpture in London, harrowing photography in Edinburgh, and spontaneous painting in Newlyn.
Designed by Hugh Broughton Architects, the redeveloped Henry Moore Studios and Gardens includes a new visitor centre featuring a shop and café, plus a new archive building.
Culture My father used to say to me, “lucky your pretty with your Dyslexia, at least you can be a glamour model, no need for brains in that game”. It seemed evident very early on that I would be […]
Myself and Artist Rachel Ramchurn have been discovering the delights of collaborating, although we may both agree the writing of funding bids falls into the ‘not so delightful’ area. The ‘A Pocketful of Treasures’ event we ran on the Fallowfield […]
While continuing to work on the 8 figure sculpture for Flux Exhibition in July, I have also been avidly making drawings to compliment the sculptural pieces and to flesh out new ideas for the project. The image of the figure […]
12 artists will compete to be named the second Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor of the Year, with the winner receiving £6,500 to make new work.
A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including film work from Maeve Brennan in London and John Akomfrah in Manchester, plus a focus on the American painter Ellsworth Kelly in Liverpool.
Saccades, Reading Room, Manchester Central Library, 18 March 2017 Performers: Allan, David, Clare, Mark, Marlene, Patti Photos: Steve Iles
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Tate St Ives reopens following £20 million refurbishment and Beijing artists’ studios demolished.
The Royal British Society of Sculptors has announced London-based artist Rupert Norfolk as the winner of its public art and mentoring award.
This week I am re focusing on the experimental nature of the project – How, at every stage I still slip invisibly into new ideas and become too fixed on an end product/work defeats me but it happens all the […]