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Saturday saw one of the largest groups of students assembled for a study day yet outside the V&A for the their blockbuster Postmodernism: Style and Subversion show. And show it definitely was. Anyone expecting a white cube and a hushed procession was immediately confronted by the darkness and zig-zag routing through spaces interrupted with reproduction […]
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The next OCA photography study visit is on Thursday 17 November, where Jose Navarro and I will be visiting the 2011 Hereford Photography Festival. There is an awful lot to see and talk about, so we will be starting at 10.30 and will aim to finish before 4pm. Places are free and likely to be […]
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The ‘Ways of Looking’ photography festival opens in Bradford on the 1 October. Exploring the theme Evidence, the festival includes a extensive range of exhibitions and events including premières of newly commissioned works by internationally renowned Magnum photographer, Donovan Wylie and Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller, early work (1972-1987) by Daniel Meadows, the ‘Tableaux […]
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There are two gems of exhibitions coming up which will form the basis of a study visit on 19th November. Designed with textiles students in mind, it may also appeal to other visual arts students because of the breadth of coverage in these exhibitions. Grayson Perry has curated ‘The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman’ which […]
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OCA study visits are largely designed to network students and help them develop their critical perspectives, but just occasionally they also present opportunities to develop practical skills. Saturday’s visit to the Whitechapel Art Gallery Thomas Struth retrospective provided ample opportunities to hone one’s social documentary skills. The confluence of about 1000 English Defence League demonstrators, […]
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The Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture will be on at the Mall Galleries from 22 September to 8 October. OCA has arranged a study visit there on Saturday 1st October. It should be a really stimulating day. See details at the base of this post for instructions to join the group on the day. […]
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I went to the opening of OCA tutor Maggy Milner’s new show at the Victorian workhouse in Southwell last week (previously posted about here). The installations were delicately beautiful, and deeply sensitive and thoughtful evocations of the possible feelings of the workhouse inhabitants. What was most striking about the event was how engaged people were […]
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Certain terms are almost guaranteed to cause a reaction in the OCA student forums and in that list ‘Post-Modernism’ is pretty near the top. So the fact that an exhibition this autumn at the V&A asks ‘What does Postmodernism mean, and where did it come from?’ makes it an ideal topic for a study visit. […]
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An OCA student, Delia Hiscock Walker, reports on her day out at Tate Britain with a bunch of other students and the guidance of an OCA art tutor. ‘I have a lingering phrase in my head from this successful and very well organised study day on 2nd July. It’s this : ‘Just paint….’ commented our […]
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Jim Smith is a student on People and Place, here is an extract from his learning log on exhibitions: ‘Looking in books or online at the work of other photographers, by ourselves and without discussion with others is learning that is initiated in the visual mode rather than audio or kinaesthetic. To make an impact […]
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