The Ryder is a small project space in Bethnal Green and I was able to attend a recent private view for their Performed Painting exhibition. As you can see from the images below, the show looks at the act and enactment of painting. Is it action painting or our idea of action painting? The Spanish artists […]
Performed Painting at The Ryder
A vintage summer fair – Carter’s Steam Fair
Now that Dreamland in Margate has reopened, the vintage fun fair seems to be on the rise. An earlier concept is Carter’s Steam Fair, started in 1977 by John & Anna Carter, who began collecting old fairground rides and restoring them before touring the country to share their enthusiasm. Everything is lovingly restored, even the show […]
Edible pattern from Cressida Bell
I’ve obviously been living under a rock to have missed this so far; Cressida Bell has taken the British Bake-off and cake trend to extend her repertoire – and I had only known her work in the context of interiors and clothing. Duh… She recently finished decorating a sail – thought you’d appreciate the change of scale. Thanks […]
Station to Station: a 30 day Happening at the Barbican
Station to Station: a 30 day Happening, has events taking place all over the Barbican for, need I say it, 30 days over the summer. A couple of the ones I attended were Model Universe by Liz Glynn and Smoke Performance by Olaf Breuning. Model Universe takes place in a darkened yurt with the artist giving […]
One Year On at New Designers – week one
I often see work in the One Year On part that I had skimmed over the previous year and Leah Jensen’s is a case in point. Her porcelain vessels look as if they have been digitally 3D printed using triangulation yet are hand carved using similar mathematical processes with Renaissance paintings of women as her visual source. She calls her […]
New Designers – textiles
I always visit New Designers with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. The former as I’m going to see new work, the latter as there is so much to cover in the limited time I have. The work that catches my eye is rarely obviously commercial although some, like these textured screen ideas below by Kirsty Tuckwell at […]