My first physical visit to a gallery since lock-down this exhibition of Cerith Wyn Evans at White Cube Bermondsey felt like rehydration for the soul. This was the first time I had seen his paintings which visually resonate with some of mine then I entered the largest space to a variety of installations. Please watch […]
One-minute blog of interesting things
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As a working contemporary artist I visit many exhibitions and shows, but sometimes it is the things I see that are part of daily life that capture my interest. My one-minute blog of interesting things reflects the fact that although we are increasingly time-poor, there is creativity all around us.
John Singer Sargent
Alexandra Epps, the founder of Art in the City, gave a wonderful talk through Zoom on an artist I’ve long admired for his verve and glamour: John Singer Sargent. An American born and brought up in Europe in the 19th century, he is known as a painter of glamorous society, the first choice to show […]
The V-Art Show – connecting with artists in person online.
One of the best things to come from the pandemic for me has been the creation of and participation in the V-Art Show. As all galleries, exhibitions and art fairs shut down from mid-March, we artists suddenly found ourselves in a position of being unable to show our work or even talk to an audience. […]
Transient, an online show from ArtCan
Difficult times inspire innovation and artists are some of the people best-placed to figure out new ways of working. ArtCan, an artists’ organisation that I’m a proud and long-standing member of, currently has an online group show, curated by member KV Duong and with support from Rita Carta Manias and can be viewed online till […]
Column by Studio Swine
As galleries and museums have been closed for several months now I’ve been focussed on art outside. I glimpsed this piece, Column by Studio Swine by a new development on another of my bike rides. The digitally faceted aluminium rock sliced by a rusted corten steel column is aggressive yet finely balanced. Shiny & futuristic, […]
Oxford Street in lock-down on a Bank Holiday Saturday.
Roads aren’t something I find particularly fascinating most of the time but I really wanted to share these images with you. I hadn’t ridden into the West End for exercise during the shut-down, but after cycling to a friend in West London, he urged me to go as it was so strange and I’m glad […]
Sculpture In the City. Part 2 of 2
Elisa Artesero’s The Garden of Floating Words at 70 St Mary Axe provides a moment of respite for a traffic marshall in hi-vis gear. Though best seen at night when the poem’s words seemingly float in the air, the blurred reflection gives an indication of the effect. Dutch/Light (for Agneta Block ) by Jyll Bradley […]
Sculpture in the City. Part 1 of 2
I’ve been cycling as part of my daily exercise and, as the City isn’t far from me, went down to wander down all those little side streets and alleys where I found some of this year’s Sculpture in the City. OK, so the first one is certainly not on a side street but it is […]
Gilt of Cain
I caught sight of this sculpture by Michael Visocchi & poet Lemn Sissay in Fen Court from a distance during one of my bike rides in a deserted City of London recently. It was unveiled back in 2008 to commemorate the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in 1807. The complete integration of text and […]
Painting the Infinite at Rosenfeld Gallery. Post 2 of 2
In a separate space from the painting exhibition at Gallery Rosenfeld featured in my previous blog, we came upon this magical sculpture, Living Light, by Shuster + Moseley. This shot demonstrates the apparent simplicity of the sculpture: 5 suspended hand blown glass discs with a light source. My companion here, fellow ArtCan artist Lisa Price, […]
