we made our go and see visit to grizedale to see and experience the sculpture and to research what it was like to work outdoors. there were numerous circumstances that influenced the visit to take place in mid September. the weather […]
“a unique and powerful collection of surreal, controversial and provocative art.”
In collaboration with Ikon gallery, Birmingham-born artist Gillian Wearing has immortalised a local family, consisting of two sisters and their children, in a bronze artwork sited in Centenary Square outside the new Birmingham Library.
Having set the bar so high recently with his Torqued Ellipses and the Gestaltkunstwerk, The Matter of Time at the Guggenheim Bilbao, the question arises as to whether Richard Serra can continually raise sculptural parameters? It is a tough challenge […]
Site specific interventions
Molecules of Emotion
I am thrilled to have been selected for a three month residency working with marble at the very prestigious Studio Sem in Pietrasanta, Italy. Here is whats happened..
My Deptford X, 1: Market Musical, Janette Parris, songs based on her conversations with Market stall holders and local shop-keepers. Janette wrote the songs based on that material (and she also created the Deptford X edition of her ARCH Comic […]
After a couple of months being away from art by working hard over summer to earn some money, as I’m sure most university students do. I wanted to immerse myself in art again so I decided to plan a trip […]
All hail the King! The heavyweight champ is in town, with the other contender to the throne also due in London at Gagosian from October the 11th. Anselm Kiefer is lead to Richard Serra’s steel. But for now it’s all […]
I panicked and packed 4 pairs of shoes. This isn’t a fashion statement, more an attempt to cover all bases as I plan to stay in Hestercombe for my longest stint. It is Somerset Arts’ weeks, which means I am […]
I have literally spent the last 3 days continuously stripping copper wire – a job that is hard to romanticise and makes me feel like I might be some scrap metal merchant hell-bent on labour intensive tasks. Luckily, to easy […]
The Crossing literally opens Denis O’Connor’s show Defining a Line, by forcing viewers to walk between the gateway of its dual ladders, and underneath a lightening streak that bridges the gap. Atop is miniscule chair, equidistant between the two poles […]
Shifting Luminosity Installation (LEDs and plastic pipes) Variable dimensions, this image shows 400cm (w) x 250cm (d) x 300cm (h) 2014 Shifting Luminosity explores new materials and ways of working, continuing from my Construction Project earlier in the year. […]
A comparison between two ‘late’ work shows
The deadline was extended because there was a “line-side fire” affecting trains heading to London Bridge from Sunny South London on Friday afternoon which meant delays & cancellations. He was all swaddled in bubble wrap and ready to go, too. […]
The deadline approaches, encroaches even, for 10×10 artists, designers & architects to submit their finished ‘drawings’ for auction for architectural charity Article25. Participants were given a square on the grid of London centred around the Shard, and were asked to […]
