John Robertson is a level two sculpture student at OCA. John showed promise as a boy making 3D objects and a teacher recognized this and gave him the materials to start a carving project. John worked after school to chip away at the block provided and produced a carving he was proud...
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Posts Tagged ‘ art ’
A nose on the floor has significant consequences
We know what we like ……
The Daily Mail have recently carried out a study: ModernArtDailyMail on people's viewing habits of contemporary art in order to draw conclusions about what constitutes 'good' art. The measure used was the amount of time people spend viewing works o
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Challenging art copyright
Jeff Koons, the pop artist known for making art objects from every day objects, has demanded that a shop in San Francisco stops selling book-ends that look like balloon dogs. This is because once he made art out of such objects. The logical extensio
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Unmissable tutorial with Hockney
There are 21 days left to see this insightful programme that is part of the Channel four series promoting young artists by getting them mentored by well known artists, film makers, etc. Hockney appearances in the media are notoriously rare, so seeing
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Thinking through drawing through feeling workshop
Modern Times: responding to chaos at the De La Warr Pavilion, a workshop that offers an opportunity to work with the exhibition of 20th century drawings held at the De La Warr pavillion. With a consideration of how artists think through drawing as a
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Volcanic ash inspires artists
Following the recent Icelandic volcanic eruption and the cloud that has descended upon us, the New York Times ran a piece on 15 April, by Simon Winchester, reflecting on the 1883 volcanic explosion and its impact on the world. In particular, he cite
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