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MA Show 2017 – review

Posted on 14 October 2017 by beckybendylegs

Today, I took my seven-year-old son to see the Wolverhampton Art School MA Show 2017 at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery.  We spent an hour looking around the artworks on show.  Later, over lunch, I asked him what his favourite piece … Continue reading →

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The story of the red-and-black silk pants

Posted on 2 October 2017 by beckybendylegs

On my travels around Newport today, looking for beauty, I came across a pair of red-and-black silk pants. The paints had been left / flung / abandoned next to Travis Perkins Builder’s Merchants at some point before 11.18am on Monday … Continue reading →

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Beauty in Newport – it exists to those that seek it

Posted on 2 October 2017 by beckybendylegs

Two years ago I went out one day and sought beauty in Telford. Two years ago, I found some beauty in Telford. Admittedly, not a great deal, but some. I wrote about that beauty. Today, I felt inspired by a … Continue reading →

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Art galleries should allow solo entry only

Posted on 25 September 2017 by beckybendylegs

In an ideal world, or parallel universe if not in an ideal world (or is that the same thing?), art galleries would allow solo entry only. Last weekend I went to Washington D.C. for a short holiday. While I was … Continue reading →

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More musings on the nature of creativity

Posted on 20 September 2017 by beckybendylegs

Today I came across this quote in an article I read online about how Facebook uses algorithms to manipulate our thinking.  So, without irony, I asked Facebook what they thought (by Facebook, I mean my circle of friends, my Dunbar’s … Continue reading →

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Graduation Day – strive for imperfection

Posted on 19 September 2017 by beckybendylegs

Today, I graduated. Today, I got to wear a cap and gown, sit, clap a lot, walk across a stage, smile, and sit and clap a lot more. It was ace. I loved it. I loved every minute of it. … Continue reading →

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The identity crisis continues, but does it matter?

Posted on 13 September 2017 by beckybendylegs

My current artistic journey began in the autumn of 2012 when I started a Foundation Degree at Shrewsbury College (in fact, what launched this blog). At that time, I was a painter. Then, as I began my studies, I became … Continue reading →

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Can art save us from the chaos of life?

Posted on 28 August 2017 by beckybendylegs

Currently I’m reading this book: At the Existentialist Cafe, by Sarah Bakewell. I am struggling to put this book down. It has become my bible of the moment. I first came across it when it was in hardback. I saw it … Continue reading →

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The avant garde paradox

Posted on 22 August 2017 by beckybendylegs

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the impossibility of being labelled as ‘avant garde’ in art. I’ve been, very slowly it has to be said, reading Peter Burger’s The Theory of the Avant Garde and despite the challenging language of this book, … Continue reading →

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What is the place of place in the future?

Posted on 20 August 2017 by beckybendylegs

Today I came across this quote by artist Mark Leckey: ‘Technology has put us in this strange place where we are never fully present in a strange sense, or our presence is distributed’. (Frieze Magazine, September 2017, p. 15). I’ve … Continue reading →

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