My painting Peace Angel drawing down the Moon has been accepted for the Pelham House annual open art exhibition in Lewes, East Sussex. For more information on the show, here’s a link: http://www.pelhamhouse.com/open-art-exhibition/
Black American philosopher Cornel West refutes the idea that America’s first black president delivered black emancipation. Obama protected imperialism, militarism, capitalism, neo-colonialism, and the patriarchy; while mouthing the words of tribalism (“at long last, a black president”). I’ve been struggling with my own instinctive support for ‘good guys’ Obama and Hilary Clinton, in the face…
One good thing that came out of my ‘Work In Progress’ session in December, was a reference to the ‘TomTech’ programe at Brighton’s The Old Market (TOM). In November 2017 (while I was buried in trying to find a new place to live) they created a virtual reality Forest. Seems the right place for me…
A new show by Peter Doig is reviewed in The Guardian. The works all contain narrative about society. The narrative is not explicitly shown in the paintings, giving them mystery, but in this interview, Doig explains what the paintings are about – where the imagery comes from. The sources are often quite dark. The paintings…
The Guardian’s exhibition of the week is “Revolution” at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. https://ysp.org.uk/exhibitions/revolt-and-revolutions-an-arts-council-collection-national-partner-exhibition At the same at YSP there is an ongoing exhibition of socially engaged installations by Alfredo Jaar, including the Garden of Good and Evil. Following is link to an informative press release about the show, with detail about the installations ranging from…
Just realised I did not post the reference to my artwork ‘Raqqa after the liberation’. This was a BBC online feature story in October last year. Thousand of civilians in Raqqa and Mosul; the cities are obliterated by Western Coalition bombing. We cant continue to sort out the world’s problems by bombing. We probably need…
I was browsing internet art reviews this morning, and was encouraged by diversity of art practice in the Whitney Biennial Show. The 2017 show took place in August in USA, but I hadn’t taken a detailed look at the show online, until today. To busy worrying about my own practice to focus on others! But…
Raphael by the Sea 