It was a few years ago when pottering around the lovely city of Bath that I first discovered Castle Galleries. In what was probably my late teens I was beginning to come out of the mind set that all art was boring and the welcoming experience I received whilst perusing the artwork displayed is something … [Read more…]
Proxy is an exhibition heading to Trove in Birmingham this December. The exhibition is a showcase by Bristol based MadeScapes^, who are made up of Jack Addis, Alex Cotterell, Tom Johnson, Will Kendrick, Trevor Smith and Lewk Wilmshirst, of brightly illuminated collaborative installations. They combine traditional materials with the inspiration they take from growing up … [Read more…]
Lucie Whitehead’s debut exhibition, ‘Dead to Be Iconic’, will open on Friday 23rd November and run until Thursday 29th November at the Lakeside Gallery in the Custard Factory. The exhibition features 50 portraits of celebrities who have died before their time including James Dean, Amy Winehouse and Heath Ledger (which is one of my favourites). … [Read more…]
Indigo Octagon present ‘If A Picture Paints A Thousand Words Then Why Can’t I Paint’ at The Works Gallery, 13th-23rd November. It’s the first exhibition by Indigo Octagon, a collective of Birmingham based artists, designers and makers. Featuring Chris Cowdrill, Hugh Marwood, Shaun Morris, Andrew Smith and Craig Underhill. They are hosting a private view on Friday 16th November … [Read more…]
Frame_ Birmingham is a project by Elly Clarke / Clarke Gallery that sees unique and limited edition artworks by local and international artists installed into unexpected locations such as St Philip’s Cathedral and womenswear shop COS, amongst others. Frame_ brings “art to new audiences, new audiences to art and new contexts in which art can be shown.” Launching 16th November, … [Read more…]
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) is hosting a Wikipedia Backstage Pass event on Sunday 4th November. We are all familiar with the concept of Wikipedia, the encyclopedia which can be edited by anybody. This ability for institutions to contribute to their own entries, the bredth and depth of topics covered, combined with the … [Read more…]
MSFAC – Margaret Street Free Arts Council are a ‘radical fine art collective’ based in Birmingham. They make political statements and induce political discussion through self publishing as Distrakshun Press. They were involved in the Birmingham Social Centre last year. “MSFAC are excited to announce that we are soon to begin a 12 month … [Read more…]
I don’t think I am the only one suffering from post Eye Candy Festival blues this week. If you didn’t get a chance to get down to Southside and visit Eye Candy Festival check out the following videos from Craig to find out all that went on; Eye Candy Festival – Day 1 from … [Read more…]