Writing this as it rains outside, The Other Art Fair Bristol with sunbathers outside the Arnolfini Gallery now feels a long way off. Every TOAF event has its communal displays with the ones here including The Colours of Bristol, an Instagram project created over 7 weeks with Bristol 247, @porthjess and @joyfulbristol – I saw it […]
Artists
Artist Joy Gerrard at Kingsgate Workshops
Another artist I discovered at Kingsgate workshops was Joy Gerrard, whose large ink and brush paintings of protest crowds caught my eye. Again, all photos here are from her website as she was running a workshop when we popped in. Often taken from rooftops, the original images are pulled from the media; compression, structure and […]
Artist Anne Leigniel at Kingsgate Workshops
There’s nothing quite like visiting another artist’s studio to get an insight into their work so I make the most of open studios whenever I can. I finally got to visit Kingsgate Workshops , workspace to a range of artists and makers and met Anne Leigniel there. The viewpoint of an artist towards their subject and how they […]
Richard Long at M-Shed in Bristol
I’d never been to Bristol before (a few hours passing through decades ago doesn’t really count) so gave myself a few hours to wander around the city before setting up for The Other Art Fair. The area by the Arnolfini Gallery where we exhibited is really lovely with M-Shed just across the way. And what […]
Young Masters at The Royal Overseas League in London
London Clubland (not the dancing type) is a world that most of us are only vaguely aware of and the Royal Overseas League is a case in point. A magnificent building tucked in a courtyard in St James and overlooking Green Park, it really is hidden away in the centre of London. I’d heard about […]
Cerith Wyn Evans at the Duveen Gallery at Tate Britain
I’d seen a lot of this piece on social media and finally managed to visit it in person a week before it closed at Tate Britain’s wonderful Duveen Galleries. Cerith Wyn Evans created this sculpture called Forms in Space…by Light (in Time) filling the gallery above our heads with neon shapes drawn in space. The […]