Monthly Archives: October 2019

Lost in translation

Posted on 29 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

I have a few friends who live in various locations around the world, and sometimes the nosy me likes to know what they are talking about on Facebook. As I don’t have time to brush up on my Japanese, Finnish, … Continue reading →

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Endings and beginnings

Posted on 25 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

It has been quite a week for me. I’ve had two stints invigilating at the New Art Gallery Walsall, which I secretly (or not so secretly) quite enjoy, including a very busy stint as the gallery was visited by 150 … Continue reading →

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‘How is that even art?’

Posted on 22 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

This was a question I overheard an eleven year old girl ask at the MA show today. It might sound like a negative question, but actually I see it as a positive. In asking this question, she is expressing her … Continue reading →

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Something out of nothing

Posted on 13 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

I am probably, I think, getting towards the end of my reflections on my MA now. There isn’t a huge amount more I can say. However, I do have one final(ish) thought to deliver here about the past two years. … Continue reading →

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Seeing through the eyes of others

Posted on 10 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

Last week, after the opening night for the MA Show, I confess to feeling quite flat and low about my ‘still life of disorder’. I have indicated such here in the last couple of posts. I suspect that this is … Continue reading →

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In the house of art

Posted on 5 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

So I’m here again, sat in my little black chair, listening to Gary Ringroad coo: ‘We live in uncertain times’ over and over. (He will have said it 70 times by the time I go home. Yes, I have calculated … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts while invigilating

Posted on 3 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

I’m sat here invigilating for the MA Art Show at the Walsall Gallery and it has just struck me as interesting the way thoughts flow when given freedom, when the body is forced to sit still.  I’m looking after the family … Continue reading →

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New Art Gallery Walsall – art, life and a rather damp pot plant

Posted on 2 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

About last night… what can I say? It was the start of something beautiful. Last night being of course the opening night of the MA fine art and art and design by research show. And, despite spending the evening very … Continue reading →

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