Adam Dix hit my radar at the London Art Fair back in January with his unsettling and beautifully coloured paintings. Looking at them made me think of the original Wicker Man film: the adoration and worship of strange totems. In his case the totemism is technology.Studio visits always help to gain some insight into the artist’s working practice which […]
Triangle Studios – Adam Dix
Absent by dreamthinkspeak at Shoreditch Town Hall
Just opened and on till 25th October, dreamthinkspeak have taken over Shoreditch Town Hall with Absent, an installation performance piece which starts from the front door of the building. I don’t want to say too much about it and have been asked by the director to remove the 2 photos I took – it needs to […]
Silverware and jewellery at New Designers
New Designers already feels like the dim & distant past but not so! Here are some more photos of work which caught my attention. Integrating handmade silverware with everyday mass-produced items for the table, Glasgow graduate Kathleen Reilly ennobles the mundane with her work thus elevating the dining experience. I can see these appearing on wedding lists all over […]
Sam Winston at Triangle Studios
Open studios are, I find, one of the best ways for discovering or even tracking down artists. In this case the recent Triangle Studios summer opening revealed new treasures including the work of Sam Winston. The first thing I saw walking into his space was this minimalist pencil face.The piece below is the life of a pencil comprising the total […]
Mapping Time – part 2 of 2
As there was too much to put into my last post, here are a few more images from the show. Victoria Burge explores terrestrial matrices and celestial constellations as some of these prints below show. Alan Franklin uses repetition and the ritual of labour in his drawings and sculpture. Joella Wheatley‘s drawings evoke a world of solitude and silence whilst Jayne Wilton‘s […]
Mapping Time – part 1 of 2
It isn’t often I see a mixed show where I llike most of the work but this exhibition, Mapping Time at Frameless Gallery, delivered the goods. It was the first collaboration between art curators and dealers Joanna Bryant and Julian Page. Each artist represented tackles the recording and passage of time. The images and names below are […]