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Category Archives: Research
Mediterranean Light – A Personal Utopia
One of the things that I always love about visiting the Mediterranean is the abundance of light, it’s intensity and it’s effects on the retina and the mind. In the eastern end of Med, it seems to be the most … Continue reading
Posted in MA 2 Studio Practice, Research, Sep '17
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For the Love of Lempa exhibition, Sept – Oct 2017
An update about a show that I had the role of lead curator. The exhibition was titled ‘For the Love of Lempa’ and was between 23rd of September and 7th October 2017. The idea for an exhibition arrived via a … Continue reading
Posted in MA 2 Studio Practice, Oct '17, Research, Sep '17
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Air Guitar – Notes and thoughts
Over the summer of 2017, we were asked to read Air Guitar by Dave Hickey. I found the book offered a variety of perspectives on democracy seen through the lens of the arts. Mediums such as prose, theatre, music and … Continue reading
Gallery shows Summer 2017 part 2 – Dublin
Dublin, Ireland – View Flickr Album National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin – Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting : Inspiration and Rivalry (https://www.nationalgallery.ie/vermeer-and-masters-genre-painting) (Guardian newspaper review) The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin – Francis Bacon’s studio (http://www.hughlane.ie/history-of-studio-relocation) … Continue reading
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Gallery shows Summer 2017 part 1 – Berlin
Berlin, Germany June 2017 – View Flickr Photo Album Galerie Bastian – Anslem Kiefer paintings (http://www.galeriebastian.com/en/exhibitions/anselm-kiefer-paintings/) Me Collectors Room, Berlin – Sigmar Polke (https://www.me-berlin.com/sigmar-polke-die-editionen/lang/en/) & Wunderkammer Olbricht (https://www.artrabbit.com/events/wunderkammer-olbricht) KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin – Nicholas Mangan ‘Limits … Continue reading
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Open Close 2017
Came across this project today. Glad I’m not the only one that finds the Close’s of Edinburgh’s old town a fascinating place to site art works. ‘Tamsin Cunningham has received funding towards contemporary art programme, Open Close. A re-imagining of … Continue reading
Posted in MA 1 Visual Enquiry, May '17
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Gallery visits – Edinburgh & Athens
In April 2017 I visited ‘Mark Wallinger Mark‘ at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK and in May 2017 The Deste Prize at The Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece. Mark Wallinger Mark The exhibition of Mark Wallinger’s work at … Continue reading
Posted in MA 1 Visual Enquiry, May '17
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Visual Methodologies – Gillian Rose (2001 edition)
Chapters 7 / 8 discourse analysis I text, intertextuality and context Discourse and visual culture: an introduction > p135 Foucault too considered that human subjects are produced and not simply born (p135) In all of these he paid close … Continue reading
Posted in Feb '17, MA 1 Visual Enquiry, Research
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Artists Talk – Claire Barclay at Tramway Glasgow, 18/02/2017
Notes taken from a conversation between Claire Barclay and [have to find this out]. Claire has a major show at the Tramway titled ‘Yield Point’. She is a member of Glasgow Sculpture Studuos and also a studio holder. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Feb '17, MA 1 Visual Enquiry, Research
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Mapping the Territory – ‘all the other things’
Having read the first few chapters of Elkin’s ‘Stories of Art’, I was very much influenced to create a map that looks at how I see art history and also where I see myself ‘fitting’ in with contemporary art. My … Continue reading
Posted in Feb '17, MA 1 Visual Enquiry, Research
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