![]() In the first she explains why she has not had a good attitude towards them (ie so many of the ones she's read have been both "incomprehensible and pretentious" which is a description I'd very definitely agree with (and I guess I wouldn't be alone!) and in the second Artist Statement Part II she explains why she is revising it, how she went about it and provides the 'before' and 'after' versions. Deborah Paris ( A Painting Life) has recently had a couple of blog posts about her "artists statement".Stephen Doherty Remembering Andrew Wyeth on the American Artist website. I never knew he was the man who designed the Blue Peter logo! There's Tony Hart: A YouTube tribute plus a slideshow put together by the Guardian I think some of the papers were maybe surprised by the number of people who started blogging about how much their art owed to Tony Hart and how fondly they remembered him. ![]() Tony Hart, who has died aged 83, made a substantial and original contribution to art education in Britain by entertaining children at such a breathtaking pace on television that they overlooked the fact that they were being educated at all. All in all it was a very entertaining afternoon! I also met numerous other people who will have to wait for a subsequent blog post! I loved her flier and also No-nonsense knitting commission price guide. It's weird when you think about it that everybody takes photos of their home and everyday surroundings - and these are not recognised as an art form - but few people make recordings of their homes and everyday activities. I got to meet Felix Ford ( The Domestic Soundscape) who focuses on sound as art. ![]() Yesterday she was giving a performance of Pin Ritual. ![]() The pins are stuck completely through which makes this shape into something akin to a wonderfully soft hedgehog experience. I love PVs where you get offered cups of tea, banana cake, choccie biccies and also get to sit down! Kirsty is showing some of her pin work including Quiver which is absolutely amazing! (It's the gauze hanging down in the window. Kirsty had a great PV yesterday afternoon. Meanwhile Kirsty Hall ( Up All Night Again.) has had her first ever London show at Prick Your Finger, which is a haberdashers crossed with an art space, in Bethnal Green. Right: Kirsty Hall with 'Pin Ritual' her performance piece (Quiver is on the left in the window) ![]()
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