a-n commissioned a piece of writing from me about how artists make a living, based around some of the artists I met during my time in Linz last year. The research paper and artists’ profiles were published in May, sorry I’ve been a little slow to get this on here!
You can read it here (although some content is only available to subscribers I’m afraid)
Royal Standard will be taking part in No Soul for Sale, a festival of independents
at Tate Modern next weekend.
“To celebrate Tate Modern’s 10th anniversary, the gallery will host No Soul For Sale – A Festival of Independents. The festival will bring together over 70 of the world’s most exciting independent art spaces, non-profit organizations and artists’ collectives, from Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro, to take over the iconic Turbine Hall with an eclectic mix of cutting-edge arts events, performances, music and film.”
Can’t wait to see it all…. and try to fit in every gallery in London in two days…
Drawing Paper (a newspaper on drawing) is having a pre-launch this Saturday. The brainchild of Mike Carney, an artist working at Royal Standard, the paper will be free and features drawing from 20 artists, myself included. The pre-launch of #1 is from 5-8pm at Royal Standard Studios, Liverpool this Saturday (8th May).
The first issue brings together a diverse selection of work from 20 artists including Jon Barraclough, Mike Carney, Baptiste Croze, Jemma Egan, Henry Finney, Madeline Hall, Natalie Hughes, Harry Lawson, Hamish Mclain, Sarah McKevitt, Flis Mitchell, Bernadette O’Toole, Richard Proffitt, James Quin, Laura Robertson, Emily Speed, Topia Gould, Sam Venables, Alan Williams and Ki Yoong.
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The A Curriculum exhibition at A Foundation had it’s opening last Friday and happily the Director liked it so much, he has decided to extend it to be open Fridays and Saturdays until 22nd May, alongside the ‘Economy of the Gift exhibition there, so please go down and have a look if you can!
A Curriculum: A one day exhibition
Saturday 1 May, 12 – 6pm
Private view: Friday 30 April, 6 – 9pm
The A Curriculum artists-in-residence will hold a one-day exhibition to present work made in the two months spent at A Foundation, Liverpool. During their time on the residency the artists have attended a programme of talks, and received studio visits, by a number of artists and art professionals. Coming to the end of this period the artists would like to invite the public into their studios which will be returned to an exhibition space for the final day of their
residency.
I have been in conversation with Anna Francis, guest editor of ”Talking City’ on the Longhouse website for the past month. It has been an interesting project and you can see the whole conversation here.
I elected to be represented as a blackbird because I often stomp about.
I have been working with Elizabeth Willow to make a set for some upcoming comedy/performance art nights at The Bluecoat in Liverpool. The first is April 15th and they will be monthly until July. Set in Vinny’s Flat, they describe the evening…
“Amidst layers of domestic chaos your hosts serve up the leftovers of a promising relationship punctuated by the uncanny intrusion of some half invited special guests: Drunken Chorus pioneer the solo double act, Caroline Wilson offers her existential ‘But I just want to fall in love and work with elephants’, and Julian Fox will do something extraordinary.”
The Bluecoat’s website seems to be playing up, so here is the event on Facebook.
I am in an exhibition at Rogue Project Space in Manchester, which opens this Thursday.
Exhibition details:
BUILT
1st to 8th April 2010. Opening the 1st of April from 6-8pm
Kristy Campbell, Lisa Gorton, Catherine Pudner, Emily Speed, Anna Sikorska
BUILT brings together 5 Female artists from across the UK whose practises deal with specific aspects of the built environment. Through the use of Sculpture, Installation, Animation and Performance the selected artists respond to the structures which surround our daily activity; be that personal shelters and social networks, or our more public man made surroundings that are compounded in the cities we live in. They search for a space in the parameters between art and these constructed locations, subtly commenting; “Women build stuff too”.
Built is curated by Elizabeth Murphy.
Rogue Artists’ Studios & Project Space
66-72 Chapeltown St, Manchester, M1 2WH
If you’re on facebook, the event is here
I’m very happy to have been shortlisted for the Liverpool Art Prize 2010 along with Gina Czarneck, David Jacques, James Quin and Paul Rooney. The exhibition will be in June/July at Metal at Edge Hill Station in Liverpool.
Cultural Contact Point (CCP) Austria are printing some postcards to illustrate best practice projects from the EU Culture Project 2007 – 2013 (across all art forms). They have chosen the Salzamt as one of their best practice projects and asked to use an image of Inhabitant on it. I’m very flattered and pleased.
I’m excited to have been chosen to take part in A Curriculum, a new residency programme at A Foundation in Liverpool, during March – May 2010.
The residency is described thus:
“The programme will be scheduled over two months and will include input from visiting artists, curators, gallerists, collectors and commissioners. A Curriculum will give participants the chance to explore a broad range of perspectives which build a picture of the artist within the wider professional context.”
I will be starting a new body of work; working towards my first ever solo show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park early in 2011. Can’t wait to get stuck in.