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OCA photography student Simon Taylor has an exhibition of his work at the Bath cafe Boston Tea Party starting this Saturday 9 July. Simon says ‘New York can give you visual indigestion, there is the conveyor belt of people passing you by, the flickering hypnotic advertisements and the huge buildings searching like trees in the […]
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The work of OCA Photography tutor Maggy Milner often strays into installation, and you’d wonder, perhaps, whether she is perhaps foremost a conceptual artist when you see the images that make up her latest project. Indeed Maggy herself says she moves fluidly between using lens based and other media. This project sees the use of […]
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We are delighted that one of our art tutors and assessor, Linda Khatir, has been achieving so much success. Check out her work and the various activities she is currently involved in here. In March this year, she was awarded a research fellowship by the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and spent two weeks in […]
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Saturday saw a group of students join Jose Navarro and Clive White for a study visit to the V&A exhibition ‘Figures and Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography’. I was personally keen to visit the exhibition having lost sight of what was happening with photography in South Africa and intrigued by the masses of content on […]
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Figure Drawing is the theme of our next art study visit and practical workshop. Barnsley Artist and OCA tutor Jane Lazenby will be leading this highly popular workshop at York Art Gallery on the 25th June. The workshop will start with a tour and introduction to the William Etty exhibition – Art and Controversy. Participants […]
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It is always a pleasure to meet OCA students, but Saturday proved even more pleasurable thanks to an informative tour through the Paul Graham show provided by Michael Lowton of the Whitechapel Gallery. I would strongly urge photography students who get the chance to visit this exhibition as Graham’s work has a far greater visceral […]
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Music composition – and indeed other – students may be interested in an event on Saturday 4 June at 2:00pm in London. Harpsichordist Jane Chapman will be performing a selection of new pieces for harpsichord and electronics by composition students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. OCA students with a valid student card […]
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Jim Cowan, course leader for Fine Art, will be running a study day at Tate Britain in London on Saturday 2 July. This is not an exhibition specific visit but rather, an exploration of the wonderful new display in the gallery. He will focus on key works of Modern British Art putting them in context […]
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This major review of South African photography at the V&A presents an opportunity to see work by big name photographers such as David Goldblatt, Jodi Bieber (ironically better known for her World Press winning image of Aisha than her South African work) and Pieter Hugo (better know for his Nigerian work ‘The hyena and other […]
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How important is freedom of expression to you? How far does public status/fame/celebrity as an artist protect you? Ai Weiwei had reason to be an outspoken artist for up to a short while ago he was the only creative voice daring to express views that challenged the status quo in China, and seemed to all […]
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