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Ism number three – Futurism

Posted on 12 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

Definition – Futurism Futurism, in Italian Futurismo, in Russian Futurism, was an early twentieth-century artistic movement that was based mainly in Italy and emphasized the technology, speed, energy, and power of the machine and the vitality, change, and restlessness of … Continue reading →

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Ism number two – Fauvism

Posted on 12 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

Definition – Fauvism Fauvism describes the style of the ‘les Fauves’ (which is French for ‘wild beasts’), a short-lived group of early twentieth-century French artists who aimed to emphaise painterly qualities in their art, and strong, bold colours over representational … Continue reading →

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Ism number one – Conceptualism

Posted on 12 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

Definition – Conceptualism In broad terms Conceptualism is the art of concepts or abstract ideas which take precedence over traditional aesthetic or material concerns. Conceptualism began in the first half of the twentieth century. It began not as an art movement but … Continue reading →

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I collect toilets

Posted on 9 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

The BBC News website, that fountain of useful information, today informed me that the first ever toilet theme park is being opened in South Korea. So we have another mad collection on display, in honour of another mad collector. The … Continue reading →

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Thoughts upon visiting a gallery

Posted on 7 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

Life is quite chaotic for me at the moment: working freelance as many hours as I can, looking after three children, being an arty student, with no time to sit still. Yesterday I joined a college trip to the Walker … Continue reading →

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Does eccentricity and creativity come hand in hand?

Posted on 5 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

Researching artists who collect, artists who question collecting, and artists who obsessively collect made me wonder: are all artists a little bit, or a lot, eccentric? All of the artists I and my fellow art students researched were eccentric on … Continue reading →

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Other collectors worth a mention – from my fellow arty students

Posted on 5 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

In today’s tutorial we discussed the various ‘collectors’ we had researched for homework and some interesting people and their take on collecting came up from my fellow students’ research, which I think is worth sharing here. Laura Was and Adam Echstrom Collaborative artists, … Continue reading →

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More musings on drawing – do you have to use your hands?

Posted on 2 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

Last night, on holiday on the edge of Wales, in a house with 13 children aged between two and eleven, I was half watching TV and half working on my contrast project when a news item being featured on Russell … Continue reading →

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I can’t sleep! Is it because I am arty?

Posted on 23 October 2012 by beckybendylegs

Insomnia and artistic expression have often been linked. Since starting my foundation course at college I’ve had more trouble sleeping than usual. I keep dreaming about my art, thinking about it, and lying awake trying to relax my mind with … Continue reading →

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Three artists – another artist who has worked with institutional collecting

Posted on 23 October 2012 by beckybendylegs

In late 2010 The Natural History Museum invited a contemporary Chinese artist to be its first international artist-in-residence for the Images of Nature gallery. The artist was called Hu Yun, and he comes from Shanghai. He stayed with the museum … Continue reading →

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