Wednesday 29 December 2010
Saturday 18 December 2010
Friday 17 December 2010
Monday 29 November 2010
Friday 8 October 2010
Wednesday 6 October 2010
"what have you been up to since the masters finished?"
Saturday 4 September 2010
Friday 27 August 2010
Friday 20 August 2010
Thursday 19 August 2010
Wednesday 18 August 2010
Tuesday 17 August 2010
Sunday 15 August 2010
Tuesday 10 August 2010
CRUEL TO BE KIND : a battle.
Saturday 7 August 2010
Monday 2 August 2010
Friday 30 July 2010
Sunday 25 July 2010
500 Miles North
Sunday 11 July 2010
false positives/ false conclusions
Wednesday 30 June 2010
you see? I'm still functioning.
“The general consensus is
that one must resist the temptation to urinate in a Duchamp fountain…”[1]
Functional objects communicate usability: blowing a whistle, playing an instrument, smashing that fire alarm, pissing in Duchamps fountain. The Duchampian idea of a Readymade removes this use value and instead projects a high art status on the useable. Unable to perform the object we must admire it from afar, commodities become objects of desire.
A disposable income buys luxury goods. It seems that, the less we can afford them, the more we desire them. Attaining objects of desire requires an exchange: money swaps hands. Fluxus says: "Hey! - coffee cups can be more beautiful than fancy sculptures. A kiss in the morning can be more dramatic than a drama by Mr. Fancypants. The sloshing of my foot in my wet boot sounds more beautiful than fancy organ music.”
Caught somewhere between the desire of the unattainable and finding pleasure in the everyday, there is a harsh realisation that life may just be about surviving: smashing fire alarms and pissing in urinals.
[1] A. Satz, ‘Sculptural Fits’, Henry Moore Institute: Sculpture and Performance Conference, 2010
Saturday 26 June 2010
Wednesday 16 June 2010
porcelain blues
Friday 4 June 2010
he said...
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Monday 24 May 2010
post-presentation
Sunday 23 May 2010
shot to shit
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Friday 7 May 2010
CRUEL TO BE KIND
Thursday 29 April 2010
I'm still here
Tuesday 27 April 2010
Monday 26 April 2010
head over heels
Sunday 25 April 2010
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Friday 16 April 2010
Friday afternoon on the studio roof.
Monday 15 March 2010
Lighten Up yeah?
Sunday 14 March 2010
fluxing around
Tuesday 2 March 2010
the Britishness of British art
Thursday 25 February 2010
Friday 12 February 2010
Problems with permanence
Thursday 11 February 2010
Monday 8 February 2010
I heart FLUXUS
Saturday 6 February 2010
thisiscentralstation.com Dundee PopUp at GENERATORprojects
I've just been to GENERATORprojects, the artist led space in Dundee. We met the current committee Lauren Gault, Rachel Walker, Lucy Alexander, Emma McIntyre, Fraser MacDonald and Jessica Carden for a cup of coffee before a tour of the gallery space.
GENERATORprojects has recently undergone renovations and reopens on Friday 19th February for the opening of DROMOS, an exhibition of works by James Alexander Craig, Derek Sutherland and Bedwyr Williams. Buses are running from Edinburgh for the opening night - book your ticket now!
GENERATORprojects exhibits the work of emerging and established artists, there are residencies working with Scottish Sculpture Workshop and Field Projects, London, Offsite projects including Your words and Mouth at Hospital Field (2007) and the upcoming event Kill Your Timid Notion at DCA is linked with GENERATORprojects next exhibition DROMOS.
The committee invites all artists and art students in for a cup of tea and a chat, if you are looking for proposal writing advice, developing your professional practice, or getting involved doing some voluntary work.
The annual members show is accepting all submissions during the month of March, membership is only £10 per year (£5 student/concession) check the recently re-launched website for further details, membership, archive and much more www.generatorprojects.co.uk
Friday 5 February 2010
SWATTER
Sunday 31 January 2010
Reflecting
For a wee while now I have been quite concerned that I don't know what my next sculpture is going to be. Thoughts similar to this have bothered me on and off for years. This is probably quite common for artists, I would imagine. Its not that I am short of inspiration, my work is autobiographical and is very much a direct translation from daily life. I am certainly not short of material to consider - as I write this I am suffering a compression fracture in my spine. I have unfinished sculptures in the studio and in my bedroom awaiting work, so it's not that I am not occupied, I have been incredibly busy, especially this week, but there is still this uncomfortable relationship between my studio work and myself.