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Why is the vegetables art competition judge French?
I was just sitting here watching Mr Bloom’s Nursery with Mr Toes while working on my laptop and my ears flicker with interest as I noticed that the story is about the vegetables in Mr Boom’s nursery taking part in … Continue reading
The Rain Room – is it art?
Yesterday I watched a BBC news item about the Rain Room at the Barbican Centre in London, a new 3-D exhibition which aims to marry art, science and technology. I found this concept absolutely fascinating. In basic terms it consists … Continue reading
Turner Prize 2012 – the stuff I like
I don’t usually pay a huge amount of attention to the Turner Prize besides knowing of its existence and controversy but I watched a news item about it on the BBC website the other day. Watching this I was struck … Continue reading
Further musings on The Great Exhibition 1851
The Great Exhibition was all about standardizing a style to aspire to – ‘high’ Victorian design. A way to show off the British Empire, re-enforcing Britain’s place in the world as an industrial nation. Perhaps it showed an insecurity in … Continue reading
The Great Exhibition 1851
Victorian style is easy to describe: one imagines highly decorative objects, elaborate detailed wallpapers, intricately carved furniture, and beautiful paintings and sculpture. Every day objects were valued for their decoration rather than their utility. The picture is of wealth, opulence, … Continue reading
My favourite drawers – those people whose drawings I like a lot.
Frank Auerbach I am drawn to this image for the emotion he is able to create here, sometimes with simple-seeming strokes but often with heavy, clumsy strokes. Vincent Van Gogh I like this picture for the emotion it contains and … Continue reading
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To draw or not to draw, and what is it all about anyway?
What is drawing? Good question. recording an image. using imagination to represent an image or concept. providing visual information – a stamp of the self or personality. What constitutes drawing? Another good question. creating an image using a variety of … Continue reading
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