AQUA
Posted: 06/09/17 09:26 | 3 Comments
I have had a few exhibitions over the years and hopefully expect more, one man shows are hard work and are never to be approached without a clear idea of the subject and the aims of the show
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A final letter from Venice
Posted: 05/09/17 09:34 | 1 Comments
I’ve been home from the Venice Biennale for almost three months now and I’m thinking about the work I saw and what impressions have stayed with me.
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21 talks and 24 days later
Posted: 28/08/17 09:41 | 1 Comments
All perfectly logical, as it turned out, but it got me thinking about the links between the places that I was visiting and the talks that I was giving as well as about the idiosyncratic relationship that Australia seems to have with maps.
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A rare category of objects
Posted: 22/08/17 09:48 | 0 Comments
Perhaps this is proof, if proof were needed, of the fact that contemporary art continues to reflect the times in which it is made.
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Student study event news
Posted: 17/08/17 02:07 | 4 Comments
Following a review earlier this year it was agreed the funds provided to OCASA would be substantially increased to encourage both a wider distribution of funds to students and to encourage a diversification in the types of activities available to students.
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John Minton
Posted: 11/08/17 09:33 | 5 Comments
Join OCA tutor Jim Cowan on the 16 September in Chichester.
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A handful of dust
Posted: 09/08/17 04:42 | 1 Comments
Join OCA tutor Jayne Taylor on the 2 September in London.
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A Letter from Venice – Part Three: Shezad Dawood's 'Leviathan'
Posted: 27/07/17 09:14 | 3 Comments
The underlying theme of this work — migration — is to be found throughout the Biennale but Dawood filters it through a lens of dystopian fiction and biology which has the effect of questioning rather than recounting stories of exodus and displacement.
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Portraying a nation
Posted: 25/07/17 09:01 | 3 Comments
Join OCA tutor Keith Roberts on the 19 August at Tate Liverpool. We will visit Portraying a Nation: Germany 1919–1933.
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Thinking about scale in textiles
Posted: 12/07/17 09:51 | 2 Comments
In tutorials with my students we often discuss scale. Many of them are afraid of trying to work large and usually feel more comfortable painting and making on a smaller scale. In this blog post I will show you 3 exciting textile artists and their installations – pieces that exploit the possibilities of textiles on a very large scale.
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