Author Archives: beckybendylegs

What drawing means to me

Posted on 8 January 2017 by beckybendylegs

Drawing means everything to me. I can’t understand why other people don’t feel the same way as I do about it. I could not live without drawing. At least, life would be a real struggle without drawing. I have been … Continue reading →

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How important is it to stay loyal to your interest?

Posted on 17 November 2016 by beckybendylegs

This is something I’ve been thinking about today. My artistic interest is in objects. I’m fascinated with things and our relationship with things. I love stuff. It is the stuff of stuff that I love. Stuff rules our lives. We … Continue reading →

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Posting on walls – virtual vs real

Posted on 29 September 2016 by beckybendylegs

The #FreeRepublicOfRepetition project has ended. At least, it has in terms of the frenzied 27-hour social media / post-it note production process. It may yet be the starting point of my next project. It may not. I don’t know yet. … Continue reading →

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Hashtag Free Republic of Repetition

Posted on 29 September 2016 by beckybendylegs

Today was my first day back at Wolverhampton and I and the other Level 6 students were set a challenge to be completed in 27 hours. The challenge read thus: Process / Context Take last year’s work as a starting … Continue reading →

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Where is my studio? And is it dirty enough?

Posted on 23 September 2016 by beckybendylegs

Today I attended a symposium on Dirty Practice, at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton, run by the Wolverhampton School of Art. This symposium was a culmination of a three-day art workshop open to art practitioners, academics and students. I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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My new favourite word: Flâneur

Posted on 16 August 2016 by beckybendylegs

I recently came across this word in a funny little book I found in a funny little art shop in London: Patrick Keller’s The View from the Train. This book is a collection of essays which explain Keller’s work and … Continue reading →

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Everyone should ‘get’ conceptual art or there is no point

Posted on 11 August 2016 by beckybendylegs

This is what I think about conceptual art (which these days has morphed into almost all forms of art except the purely decorative): everyone should ‘get’ it and if they don’t then it has failed. The term ‘conceptual art’ automatically … Continue reading →

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Am I more creative in a jigsaw skirt than I am in Levis?

Posted on 5 August 2016 by beckybendylegs

Perhaps this sounds a little nuts but I’m convinced that I feel more creative when I am wearing certain clothes compared to others. Generally, I feel more creative in skirts. I don’t feel at all creative in jeans or trousers … Continue reading →

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Is it time to do as Atticus Finch would do?

Posted on 28 July 2016 by beckybendylegs

Yesterday I read an interesting article in the Guardian (in fact, I read this in paper form) about the reaction of the contemporary art world to the Brexit vote, as debated recently on Radio 4. When it first happened, the … Continue reading →

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Why are some images just ‘not right’?

Posted on 23 June 2016 by beckybendylegs

I’ve been drawing again. This is my drawing so far. I asked a random person for a response. The answer was: ‘I’m not sure’. So I turned the drawing upside down and asked the same question. The response was: ‘That’s … Continue reading →

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