Monday, 24 October 2011
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Artworks Exhibition in Blackhorse Lane in E17
I entered the current Artworks Exhibition, part of the E17 on-going Art Trail in Walthamstow, without success. ( See images below)
I naturally assumed that my work is below the required standard. However I went to see what is on show, and found the whole experience very dispiriting, and frankly baffling. I could see no evidence of talent, no draughtsmanship, no light or shade, no emotion, no colour , no life, nothing, nihil.
I tried to convey my bemusement and sense of despair to one of the curators of the exhibition, but I was met with nothing more than a blank look, and some mumbled comments about recently graduated artists.
Remember, this an open exhibition.
Open to whom, you may ask. Not to me, evidently, but of course I may be deluded.
Someone is, no question.
I naturally assumed that my work is below the required standard. However I went to see what is on show, and found the whole experience very dispiriting, and frankly baffling. I could see no evidence of talent, no draughtsmanship, no light or shade, no emotion, no colour , no life, nothing, nihil.
I tried to convey my bemusement and sense of despair to one of the curators of the exhibition, but I was met with nothing more than a blank look, and some mumbled comments about recently graduated artists.
Remember, this an open exhibition.
Open to whom, you may ask. Not to me, evidently, but of course I may be deluded.
Someone is, no question.
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Thursday, 28 July 2011
The image below is of a small oil painting which I am entering for the 2011 ArtWorksOpen exhibition which is to held at the ArtWorks Project Space at 114 Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, from 26th August to 11th September 2011.
Of course success depends on being passed by a judge, so the outcome is less than certain, to say the least.
The private view and the announcement of the two prizewinners is on 25th August, which should prove to be an excruciating experience for all but the chosen few.
I now have until the 30th of July to find a third image, and get it photographed and entered
Image number two is my Square Foot entry, entitled Almond Tree, of a year or so ago..
What I find interesting is that the Bridge painting was picked out by another artist in preference to recent work, despite being over twenty years old. So much for progress, or development.
Of course success depends on being passed by a judge, so the outcome is less than certain, to say the least.
The private view and the announcement of the two prizewinners is on 25th August, which should prove to be an excruciating experience for all but the chosen few.
I now have until the 30th of July to find a third image, and get it photographed and entered
Image number two is my Square Foot entry, entitled Almond Tree, of a year or so ago..
What I find interesting is that the Bridge painting was picked out by another artist in preference to recent work, despite being over twenty years old. So much for progress, or development.
Thursday, 28 April 2011
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