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More on interesting art…

Posted on 12 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

I realised last night that I was using two words interchangeably to describe the sort of art that I think sells: ‘interesting’ and ‘pretty’. I think there is an important difference between the two which I now need to make. … Continue reading →

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Does good art have to be interesting?

Posted on 11 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

At Zumba today, as usual while jumping around like a mad person, my mind started to wonder and ponder, this time the topic that came to mind was: does good art have to be interesting? I was thinking specifically about … Continue reading →

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Grayson Perry and the bus from Helsinki

Posted on 9 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

I highly recommend anyone who has one or two feet in the art world taking some time out to listen to Grayson Perry’s recent Reith Lectures which can be found on BBC iPlayer. He speaks a lot of sense in … Continue reading →

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Statistics as art

Posted on 4 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

Art from unlikely sources interests me. I like the idea that art that doesn’t have to come from creativity, emotions, spontaneity, and original thinking but from human order, patterns and human habit. Fractals, for example, are so ordered and deliberately … Continue reading →

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Art for sale for ordinary people

Posted on 16 October 2013 by beckybendylegs

My favourite story of the week this week is the one about Banksy putting up a selection of his canvases for sale on a market stall in New York for the day. The best bit of the story? Hardly anyone … Continue reading →

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What is it about motorways…

Posted on 13 October 2013 by beckybendylegs

…that make me ponder man’s (and woman’s, cat’s and ferret’s) existentialist dilemma in the modern world? By the way, this entry isn’t directly about art  so don’t expect too many pretty pictures here (see below). Recently I have been reading … Continue reading →

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Once up a time…with Damien Hirst

Posted on 7 October 2013 by beckybendylegs

I find it fascinating that Damien Hirst is the author of a new children’s ABC book, imaginatively titled ‘ABC’. An unlikely children’s author, Mr Hirst has compiled a A-Z book for children using his artworks as illustrative material, for example, … Continue reading →

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Real art going to school

Posted on 3 October 2013 by beckybendylegs

I read a headline today on the BBC News website that read: ‘art masterpieces in schools’ and it immediately made me think ‘blog entry’. Between 1 and 18 October this year, primary and secondary schools across the UK will be … Continue reading →

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Long-distance art of the future

Posted on 27 September 2013 by beckybendylegs

I’ve always wondered what it is about me that means that I can draw. I’m not saying I’m the best artist in the world, far from it, but I was always singled out at school as ‘one of the good … Continue reading →

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The Guardian are such copycats!

Posted on 25 September 2013 by beckybendylegs

I’m not sure whether I should be flattered (unlikely) or whether it is a complete coincidence (likely) but the Guardian appear to have viciously copied my idea (which actually I borrowed (read as ‘stole’) from Rachel Hurdley‘s study of mantlepieces). … Continue reading →

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