I’ve spotted a couple of artists whose work resonates with my aspirations to make political art. Like Mosse, they employ a positive, attractive aesthetic (rather than showcasing the negative effects of capitalism, they try to describe a potential utopia). Here’s a synopsis of their contribution to this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich…
My essay on the Rehabilitation of the Body suggests that the intersubjective, performative body (the artist’s body engaged personally with the audience) can be a theme for progressive art. This is contrasted with traditional criticism of the (female) body being used by (male) artists to project their fantasy of the feminine as a sexual object,…
Last Saturday, 8 July, was a perfect day – for a demonstration of social will and the erection of a peace statue on the empty plinth in front of Brighton University Art Department. Brilliant sunshine, not as hot as recently. The opening of my art show the previous night was a milestone (MA Fine Art…
An evaluation of the Research Methodology course at Brighton University – a new approach that attempts to demonstrate the ‘value’ of Artistic Practice in the same framework as Science Research. My view is that Scientist Research does not value ‘intuition – none-the-less it is important to consider the value of creativity to our society. The…
My essay about socially engaged art for the MAFA Art Research module is linked here as PDF with pics, or below as text. AGM76 Essay 2 Contextual RH v2 Love and Hate, or, Empathy and Violence: a contextual view of artists’ engagement with the trauma of our times Russell Honeyman – SN12828690 Fine Art Research…
Here is link to my portfolio with quite a lot of words…AGM75 R Honeyman Portfolio Jul17 v5(E,2up)
Raphael by the Sea 