Bumper study visit day, London
Posted: 21/11/17 01:01 | 0 Comments
Join OCA’s Caroline Wright for a bumper study visit day in London on the 30 November.
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A green and pleasant land
Posted: 21/11/17 09:43 | 2 Comments
For all of photography’s perceived democracy we are still establishing its history through the curator’s eye.
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Happy 514th birthday Bronzino!
Posted: 17/11/17 09:25 | 2 Comments
Some of Bronzino’s coldly classical canvases have not helped his reputation, and his famous Allegory of Venus and Cupid, with its over-the-top eroticism and cryptic symbolism, certainly isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (check out the bemused visitors in room 8 of the National Gallery where the work hangs!). But drawing is the best place to start with Bronzino. A quick look at his sketches, studies, modelli (demonstration drawings) and cartoons done in black and red chalk and brown ink will leave you hooked!
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Can graphic design save your life?
Posted: 14/11/17 09:05 | 3 Comments
Join OCA tutor Russell Squires on the 2 December at the Wellcome Collection in London.
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Study visit: Joseph Beuys
Posted: 09/11/17 09:13 | 0 Comments
Join OCA’s Bryan Eccleshall on the 9 December in Leeds.
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Study visit review: Nicola Tyson.
Posted: 01/11/17 09:18 | 2 Comments
It was to my great delight that the Study Visit to see Nicola Tyson’s show titled Beyond the Trace at The Drawing Room in London was filled to capacity and with a couple of extra students waiting in the wings we had a great few hours interrogating and discussing the works on show, all of which held the common ground of being works on paper.
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Writing about art, possibly for the first time.
Posted: 27/10/17 09:43 | 6 Comments
Last week I attended a day course at the Whitechapel Gallery called ‘Writing about Art’ it was led by author of the little red book of near enough the same name – Gilda Williams. It was a loaded day full of useful tips and advice and importantly diminished our pre-conceived ideas of what good art writing should look like.
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Personal work
Posted: 25/10/17 09:49 | 3 Comments
It would be fantastic if we could make a living taking only the photographs we wanted, expressing our vision through our own personal work, just like the artists that we look upon for inspiration. Unfortunately, the majority of us still have bills to pay.
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Small town inertia
Posted: 23/10/17 09:13 | 8 Comments
Some years ago, I came across a photographer on Twitter. He was based in Dereham in Norfolk, not a million miles away from me. The images he was posting stood out. Stark black and white documentary photographs that echo a tradition that starts in the slums of Manhattan with Jacob Riis. This work however, is not historical, this is now. These are images from my country, from a town that less than 70 miles away.
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Study visit to Hull City of Culture
Posted: 12/10/17 09:53 | 2 Comments
Join OCA undergraduates on the 18 November in Hull.
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