Whats-a-happenin'

Hello!

I know it's a bit late- cough, for a change, but I'm showing in this years Northern Graduates show at the Curwen Gallery in London. There are some amazing people this year including a fantastic print maker from Manchester uni called Jennifer Kate McIntyre http://www.curwengallery.co.uk/gallery/ngrads11/title.htm
who i love, (and no, I'm not biased)... and obviously, my friend Nat is also showing, who is not only brilliant, but also a really great guy too...

So if you have chance, get to 34 Windmill Street and you'll find us there!

http://www.curwengallery.co.uk/gallery/ngrads11/title.htm

Massive thanks to Henry Walsh for curating, and to all the guys who helped me get my things there in one piece.

Battered Sausage and some dancing Nuns

Hi everyone.

So so sorry for my seriously shit blogging ability. I know i know, i apologise all the time, then just re-offend. I won't make any promises in the future.. sporadic ramblings only.

So degree show is on RIGHT NOW, and if you haven't been yet, you should! There's some amazing people there this year including me ol' mate Dylan Shields, (who is obviously headlining.) Two of my new favourites include; Miss Jade Sweeting   http://www.visualartsdegreeshow2011.co.uk/jadeSweeting.html
and  Miss Jemma Hind   http://www.visualartsdegreeshow2011.co.uk/jemmaHind.html (not to be missed on the 5th floor)

So here's some photos from the show,

Me, Clo and my prints!

Dylan's sculpture can be found in Gallery North.

CRINGE

 

With One Young Girl-Lithograph

'29 Counts'-Lithograph

'He previously had a moustache and beard'-Lithograph

'Lilly, Brendan's dog'-Lithograph

'He had No Known Enemies'-Lithograph

'I will be back in touch after Christmas'-Lithograph



'Where's the money, you Bastard?'-Lithograph

 So, apparently my prices weren't in the book at the preview, so please email me @ sallylucinda@hotmail.co.uk

http://www.visualartsdegreeshow2011.co.uk/

Sand Paper and Poly Filler

With less than 3 weeks to go until hand in, and the big one.... I have actually finished painting my walls for the degree show (well, almost finished). All the third years got to make a request for which space they wanted, so after great deliberation, I choose two worthy spots; only to not have either. Instead, I have a very large, rather daunting space in 415a (forth floor for those of you who make it to the exhibition.) But I'm actually really really pleased with it.

So start day was this Tuesday... and we were finally introduced to our first year helpers... Mine is a lovely girl called Kathryn. Also a print maker (some works to follow, when she sends me some pics!)

We set to work on Monday (a day early) sanding walls, removing numerous drawings of penises, (some detailed, some not so) and filling in deliberate gouges in the shape of smiley faces.

 Here are a few photos of our progress so far... everyone, meet Kathryn- My most excellent helper (the one with paint on her face)

He Previously Had a Moustache and Beard

OK. FREAKING OUT NOW

http://www.visualartsdegreeshow2011.co.uk/index.html

Degree Show Dates...

Hi everyone,

So i've been neglecting my duties to blog spot of late.sorry. Degree Show looming, i've been working hard in the  print studios to get everything ready in time.. So i thought i'd post some up-and coming dates..

Degree show preview opens Thursday 16th of June.. until the 29th and for those of you who can't make that date, we will also be moving work down to London-priview night 8th July at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane.  http://www.trumanbrewery.com

I know the person who done it but I'm not leavin me name

Tyler was in the park ii

New Prints!!!!

He had no known enemies

Lilly, Brendan's dog

      Seriously.. I will never look at another print the same way again.

claire orange pots

The fabulous Claire Orange..

Made from found materials in her immediate location as a kind of tribute to the land, these experimental forms are produced using a variety of materials. Mostly she combines glass, clay, soil and stone as well as other natural materials to create unpredictable textures and colours. In her usual stubborn manner, Claire refuses to accept that the combination of materials may not work together. And although this may result in failure, it also serves up an accidental harmony in the work which i think is full of character but also vulnerability. 

Brilliant! James Unsworth...

jamesunsworth.blogspot.com

James' work is about not looking. You know you probably shouldn't look at a decapitated head or a severed limb; you shouldn't want to see teenage mutant ninja turtles having sex, but that fact that you shouldn't is what makes it so compelling. There's an overwhelming need to look, recoil, cringe and then look again. I started to question myself, 'is it a problem that i find the grotesqueness in James' work so hilarious? More than anything, i love the fact that some people will be horrified by the masses of erect penises. FFFFFFantastic work.


Can we have more visiting artists like James Please?

New show! (Post) Scarcity

Hey Guys...

I'm showing a new print in a group exhibition tomorrow

Curtis Mayfield House (Top floor of World HQ)

Carliol Square , NE1 6UQ

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

For more details of everyone else who's involved check out this link. Hope you can make it!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186929558008842&notif_t=event_invite

I WANT ONE!!

For me, without doubt, the best work i saw this weekend, was that of Claire Loder.







I saw Claire's work at The Royal College in London, a show case of new contemporary Ceramics...presented by the CPA (Craft Potters Association). There was all sorts of fantasitc stuff. Details can be found at  http://www.ceramics.org.uk/home.php



claireloder@blogspot.com claireloder.co.uk

Discovering Alan Measles for the very first time.

ha ha ha ha ha ha... Here are 20 reasons, why you all should read Alan Measles' blog!!!!.... (AM New years resolutions- Alan Measles aka Grayson Perry)

1.I resolve not to make any more bad art and clutter up friend’s back bedrooms.
2.I resolve to give up watching shit telly with a supposedly ironic attitude, I will just come clean to myself and admit I like shit telly.

3.I will be lazy and not wear all black outfits unless I am going to a funeral.

4.I will not end up going to Ikea.
5.I will go on a personal pilgrimage to somewhere I have always wanted to go. I must only go on foot or by bicycle. It can be a day trip.
6.I will not say ‘stunning’ when describing something beautiful, only when I get hit round the head.
7.I will get rid of most of my books as I am only hanging onto them to show off how well read I am and I am clinging onto the belief that books are a ‘good thing’, also in case I ever need a backdrop when being interviewed for a TV arts programme.
8.I will kind to my neighbours and not have any work done on my house for a whole year.
9.I will avoid long periods in West London, if I hang around there too long I may go native and end up having a ‘perfect life’.
10.I will give all my friends marks out of ten and dump those who score less than five then I can make some new better friends!
11.I will tell people when their name-dropping anecdotes are boring me/ they are standing too close in my personal space/ that no, actually I don’t like their child/pet/favourite film. This may work as a substitute for number 10.
12.I will not read, watch or listen to any interviews with actors.
13.I will not buy any products or go on any holidays described as ‘extreme’.
14.I will pick up some litter every day.
15.I will treat all my favourite friends to a special day out (inviting them to your wedding so does not count)
16.I will not read self help books.
17.I will dress up in a way that hopefully will attract sexual partners at least once a week.
18.I will rip up the paving covering my front garden and plant flowers.
19.I will commission something to be especially made for me.
20.I will join a cult that worships a 50 year old teddy bear (gotcha!)8:->

Establish base camp in major national museum from where I can recruit an army of doubters.
Get my man Grayson a major telly series so he can promote the cause of Alan.
Get myself a new set of clobber, my old boiler suit is beginning to seriously unravel.

Sort out my VAT.
Watch this space

http://alanmeasles.posterous.com/netiquette

Tonights agenda....The Royal Albert Hall

MADAM BUTTERFLY

This spectacular 'in the round' production of the opera is staged in an enchanting Japanese water garden.

'Not to be missed' Evening Standard
'Beautiful' Sunday Times
'The envy of any opera house anywhere' Sunday Telegraph

No opera can match the tragedy and sorrow of Puccini's Madam Butterfly. Set in Japan at the turn of the century, this tale of the doomed love of an American naval lieutenant and his young Japanese bride inspired Puccini to write some of his most sublime and beautiful music.

The differences in attitudes and styles of East and West are skillfully woven together in Puccini's ravishing score. The magnificent love duet which closes the first act and Butterfly's celebrated solo 'One Fine Day', in which she shows her unwavering belief that Pinkerton will return to her, are just two of the greatest moments. And when, after several years, Pinkerton eventually returns with his American wife, Butterfly realises she has been betrayed and the opera moves to its powerful and tragic conclusion.

Since its world premiere at the Hall in February 1998, this truly sensational production of Puccini's tragic masterpiece has left an indelible impression on the hearts and minds of over four hundred thousand people, receiving the highest critical acclaim wherever it has been performed. By huge popular demand, Madam Butterfly now returns to London. Once more the floor of the Royal Albert Hall will be flooded with water to create David Roger's stunning design where Madam Butterfly's house is perched on stilts above the shimmering surface of a traditional Japanese water garden.

Madam Butterfly is sung in English using the highly acclaimed translation by Amanda Holden, and is directed by renowned opera and theatre director David Freeman. Oliver Gooch conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a distinguished cast with the title role being shared by Mihoko Kinoshita, Jee Hyun Lim, and Asako Tamura.

Director David Freeman
Designer David Roger
Musical Director Oliver Gooch
Lighting Design Andrew Bridge
Sound Design Bobby Aitken
English Translation Amanda Holden

From http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/madam-butterfly/default.aspx

London here i come...

Grayson Perry when he won the Turner Prize in 2003..

"The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion." Germaine Greer. 



Antony Gormley

'untitled' lithograph

William Scott

http://williamscott.org/works/all/all/1960


Amazing! 

New Crayola Drawings 3

This is a series of drawings based on trauma.