Wednesday 25 February 2015

Books to read

Alan Garner, book about old Gods just below the surface.
Joan Fontcubert 
Gossip from the Forest - Sara Maltland
The coyote road, antholgy
The green man, anthology

Playing to the Gallery: Helping contemporary art in its struggle to be understood- Grayson perry.
Mister Finch - Living in a Fairytale World.
The armless maiden, by Terri Windling
A history of the world in 100 objects , Dr Neil Mcgregor
500 paper objects - Gene Mchugh
Breaking the Mould - new approaches to ceramics - Black Dog publishing
Evocative Objects:  Things we think with, Sherry Turkle.

If I am to thinking about the placing of objects and connections made, look at collecting and how these are placed.  Collections are usually about collection around a theme.  This can be one particular object like spoons, mugs, or the more bizare of unused soap that is too small to be useful.
Read the following:-

Evocative Objects:  Things we think with, Sherry Turkle.
Narrating Objects, Collecting Storie, Sandra H. Dudley, 2012
To have and hold, An intimate history of collectors and collecting, Philipp Blom
Museum Materialities: Objects Engagement Interpretations, Sundra Dudley (2009)
In Flagrante Collect (caught in the act of collecting (Marilynn Gelfman)

Saturday 21 February 2015

Women & Domesticity

What a morning,  I have been doing some embroidery for an art project and needed to finish it this morning to post off.  Can you belive I ran out of thread on the last letter half way round the g.  I then proceeded to drop my needle and while looking for it spilt a whole cup of tea over the sofa.  it could.only have been worse if it had gone allover the embroidery.

Anyhow, a trip to C&H fabrics sorted the problem and I finished the 'g' in Churchill Square ready to post by 1pm.  

Information about the project, which is in aid of Women's aid is at https://domesticdusters.wordpress.com/ 

Here is a quick image that I took on my phone before posting.  It does not do it justice but you get the idea.


Doing this duster project, however, has had an impact on my drawing a day project, but at least I have reason for not getting drawings done over the past 5 days.  

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Galleries and Museums to visit

 Pitt Rivers Musuem, Oxford, http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/

Ashmoleon Museum, Oxford.  http://www.ashmolean.org/

Horniman Museum, London.  http://www.horniman.ac.uk/

Booth Museum, Brighton.  http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/Museums/boothmuseum/Pages/home.aspx

One more to add:

Magnificient Obsessions: The Artist as collector atthe Barbican until 25th May).
Heard an interview on the  radio about this and it sounds quite fascinating.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/news/artformnews/art/visual-art-2015-magnicent-obsess