Most artists eventually find themselves specialising in a single or a small number of media and subject areas. However it is useful sometimes to work outside those areas. Two projects that I undertook in the past involved 3D work – not my usual practice – but influenced my future work in unexpected ways. The most […]
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My first experience of curating an exhibition, ‘In Reading Gaol by Reading Town’ was an exhibition of artwork by 20 Reading based artists inspired by Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’. The exhibtion was held in the Turbine House at the Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock in September 2019. Working with experienced curator Jenny
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I seem to have got myself involved in the campaign to Save Reading Gaol. It’s weird how one thing leads to another. I had an idea for a Ballad of Reading Gaol themed art exhibition, after participating in Lilies for Oscar Wilde. Whilst organising the exhibition I came up with the idea of hugging the
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In 2017 artists around Reading were invited to make lilies in tribute to Oscar Wilde and responding to his writing. These were displayed in an installation at Reading Museum. My first lily, ‘Broken rose’ has a dark exterior that is meant to suggest the oppression of Reading Gaol where Wilde was incarcerated. The interior of
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