Phyllida Barlow is an artist that is influenced by everyday objects that people are surrounded by in everyday life. Barlow uses an interesting and unusual combination of materials ranging from fabric, wood and tar to create her artworks. Barlow’s work is large in scale filling a space and/ or room and as the artist has …
I like the mixture of textures and fabrics Shaw has chosen to use within her artworks. The images below aren’t of a great quality and display the overall successful nature of the artworks but I am attracted to her varying materials, shapes and textures and would like to further develop this and use it within …
The reason behind choosing Grayson Perry was his bold use of colour something that he isn’t afraid to use and has strong connections to his personality and his flamboyant artistic identity. I particularly like the way in which colour is current throughout all of Perrys work be that sculpture, drawings and tapestry work. The textural …
Ian Hamilton Finlay Overview Ian Hamilton Finlay was a Scottish poet, artist, writer and gardener. Finlay sadly passed away in 2006 at the age of 81 but was still producing work until the day he died. It could be argued that Finlay’s most famous work was Little Sparta. The name for the garden came from …
Contemporary artist Anthony Schrag main focus within his practice is Activism and using art to create an emphasis on this working with the community and also alongside the public to create contemporary artworks. Schrag’s main focus within these social projects is to produce work that an audience or members of the public can be a …
Performance artist Tinsel Edwards and her friends refer theirselves as The Fairies, becoming immersed in their practice making it part of everyday life. When leaving the house the fairies would wear a pair of fairy wings interacting with the public and being what reactions and thoughts this provoked. Wearing the fairy wings became part of …
This exhibition by black includes both new and existing works by the artist. Black’s main focus when producing work is her use of materials only for their athletic qualities not having a focus on any meaning that the objects and materials that she uses within her work as it is purely aesthetic. Materials for making …
Whilst being down in York in June it was a lovely surprise to have come across an immersive Vincent Van Gogh exhibition in St. Marys church. The immersive video included some of his most famous paintings which have been brought to life through the amazing technology we have at our fingertips today! as if it …