Anthony Boswell Time Box (2010) is a modest theatrical set-up enclosed within a white carton, with one vertical cardboard wall removed for viewing. The room is surreal, inverted and askew,…
Deb Covell In an essay taking archaeology as fine art’s analogue, Tania Kovats identifies touch as the essential means by which a site’s form and meaning is grasped, altered and…
Guest Post by Anthony Boswell When Anthony drew his Artists Talking blog, Et in Arcadia Ego, to a close, his final post was met with sad and grateful comments from…
Sarah Maple Feminist artist Sarah Maple is a force to be reckoned with in contemporary art. Her work deals with ethinicity, gender and self-image in a way that hits hard…
Phew! I arrived back (home?) in the UK yesterday afternoon, after 2 car rides and two flights… 14 hours of sleep later, I thought you might appreciate David Shrigley’s new…
I say *mostly* online, as many of these delicious art sites have occasional offline volumes, events and activities that are definitely worth perusing. This article focuses on giving an overview…
A sense of disappointment and defeat is the essential state of mind for creative work That is why art work is so very hard. It is a working through disappointments…
Drawing is the artists most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality (Edgar Degas) Possessing wonderful drawing skills is not…
In front of you nothing and then, with only the requirement of an instant gesture, something. The ‘something’ is of course the beginning of a drawing. And what does drawing…
I recently spoke with multi-talented artist, founder and editor-in-chief of White Hot Magazine, writer and musician Noah Becker. We discussed his views on drawing, art criticism, methods & technique and…