A medley of Chris Evans and a conversation of Cowlicks

Now, I was as excited as the next person at the news of a visiting Chris Evans, and though it wasn’t you’d expected (for obvious reasons), this Chris Evans’ artwork was particularly memorable. The lecture wasn’t a long drawl on one piece he had been involved with but a more generalised overview of the past […]

Bluecoat visit

After a brisk wander down to the Bluecoat gallery, I was surprised to be welcomed into work by Jade Montserrat, a previous visiting artist who’s lecture I had attended and blogged about. Although I was not particularly intrigued by it in the lecture, the work is much more effect in person, almost looming over you as […]

Laura Yuile’s conversation piece

Today we were visited by the bizarre but interesting Laura Yuile to find out more about her practises and exhibitions. She is an artist of sculpture, video and performance and often includes herself within her exhibit through the form of question and answer sessions and conversation pieces. Most of her physical creations are a battle […]

Gogh-ing to see Vincent

Though I’ve already done a post on the museums in Amsterdam, I believe Vincent Van Gogh deserves his own post as the Van Gogh Museum was utter unbelievable. I’ve been before but this time, with more understanding and extra exhibitions, it was 3 hours well spent before travelling home. 3 floors of uninterrupted artwork, showing […]

Museums of the Dam

A week in Amsterdam was a nicely welcomed break from reality; relaxing, visiting some of the best museums in the world and involving myself in a new culture. I’ve been to Amsterdam before but only visited a few of the smaller museums, whereas this time we visited the Rembrandt Haus museum, the Rijksmuseum, Steadlick, and […]

DUCHAMP

Duchamps readymades are stuff of legends. ‘Fountain’ is his most famous, a urinal tipped on its side and signed off still causes debate today between art or anti-art. His ideas are playful and often absurdist , often though to be a destructive influence on the art world, but in fact he is one of the […]

TATE Liverpool

SO, it turns out the many times I’ve been down to Tate I’ve managed to miss an entire gallery floor. I went down just yesterday to find a painting for my end of month presentation, and after my usual gallery (that I’ve been in uncountable times as part of the Constellations exhibition) was closed off […]

Wander to the Walker Art Gallery

The Walker has always been a favourite of mine, visited several times a year whether for education or personal gratification. This semester, we have already ventured down there 3 times, yet still managed to find new favourites and interests each time. This time round I took a personal detour into the sculpture room. This is […]

Lady Lever

This weekend I had free time to re visit the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight after my first visit with my History of Art group the other week. My first visit was brief but the gallery was so lovely that I knew I’d go back soon, specifically to see the upper balconies and […]

Jade Montserrat. Ignore. Copy. Destroy.

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to listen to a lecture given by the artist and writer, Jade Montserrat. An artist of whom I’d never heard of before that afternoon, and though I’m usually not a fan of performance art, the aesthetics of her pieces caught my attention and I will most likely ensure I keep […]