Working Eyes Left – Art Practice today and the Labour Movement

A series of talks have been taking place at  ‘Marx Memorial Library’ in London’s Clerkenwell Green. The series, organised by Nick Wright, looked at aspects of visual culture, the labour movement and the ‘left’. Speakers represented various practices from banner … Continue reading

Triadic Disturbances

‘3 artists re-locate the Mistral in east London’ Annie Morrad sound Emma Osbourn visuals Beatriz Cantinho movement watch live at – http://www.triadicdisturbances.org.uk/live-stream/ Triadic Disturbances 7″ ‘vynil’ now available. £8 inclusive p&p. Morrad – alto sax Cantinho – movement Osbourn – … Continue reading

Morris and Marx don’t rap like Eminem • “Pre-Raphaelites – Victorian Avant-Garde”

In the recently refurbished iconic St Pancras Station Hotel, Tate Britatin held a launch event for its forthcominge exhibition “Pre-Raphaelites – a Victorian Avant-Garde”. St Pancras was a fitting venue for the exhibition launch – emphasising the role of the railway … Continue reading

“Iraq: how, where, for whom?” – Kennard-Phillips and Hanaa Malallah

The Mosaic Rooms 226 Cromwell Road SW5 0SW 19 April – 12 May 2012 Tues – Sat 11-6pm See opening Video: http://youtu.be/UodHR5jyGeg What is the role of War and what is achieved by re-presenting, overlayering and photographically generating imagery of acts … Continue reading

Art and Public Commissions

Artists have been commissioned to produce works of art for centuries. The route from the “Medicis” to the “Saatchis” describes the changing states of art – but it fundamentally follows the propaganda machine of “Church and State”. Along the route … Continue reading

May Ayres “Ceramic Pictures”

For a number of years May Ayres has transposed her skills as an illustrator to ceramics. At the same time both the strength and fragility of the high fired stoneware oxidation ceramics lends itself to the subject matter she has … Continue reading