Walking round to grab some food at Rootys earlier, I was surprised to see this floating about: I’ve tried to find some infomation about it but, other than rumours of a flyer (no pun intended) knocking about, the sole font of knowledge is Pete Ashton’s post from the other week on the Custard Factory blog. … [Read more…]
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists‘ current exhibition is called Imaginative Portraits. Running until 30 August, it features A wide range of portraiture by RBSA Members as well as other artists from around the country The winners of the recently launched Biennial Portrait Award will be shown as part of it. The RBSA’s gallery is … [Read more…]
Chris Keenan, aka Prime Objective, was one of four artists (along with Jo Naden, Eryka Isaak and Matthew Robinson) to be commissioned by a large, local confectioners to produce artwork for the company’s new ‘Bournville Place’ offices. Chris posed purple objects – bikes, balloons, bunting, drumkits and so on – around the (reassuringly clean-looking) factory. … [Read more…]
Returning to Birmingham after last year’s exhibition, ‘Please Excuse Our Appearance’, Tercerunquinto are back at Ikon Eastside with ‘I Am What I Am‘. The exhibition will run from 10 July to 24 August but there’s a preview on Wednesday 9 July from 7-9pm. What’s more: A free bus will run from Ikon, Brindleyplace to Ikon … [Read more…]
This one’s come to my attention a bit late and I’m struggling to find much info on it. Praise be, then, to Nikki Pugh who has blogged about her involvement: GOODS In: a one-day exhibition curated by Charlie Levine and Harminder Singh Judge. This is a group show with the works chosen for the theme … [Read more…]
The opening exhibit at Ikon Eastside, Island by Soi Projects, will be closing on Sunday 22 June. However, on Friday (20th) at 1.30pm the gallery are arranging for a free tour which should last about 20-30mins. It’s well worth a look – I was a bit non-plussed when I saw Island on the launch night … [Read more…]
I feel a bit daft for not mentioning this earlier because it finishes tomorrow (Sunday 15 June). Behind Closed Doors were given an area of rough ground just behind the Custard Factory and on it they’ve installed a couple of shipping containers and (in my prosaic language) done something arty. In their (more betterer) words … [Read more…]
Suzie Webb has gone independent after working for some time in commercial interactive design (which I think broadly means website design). Her about page has a pretty impressive list of clients, work, recognition and the like and she describes herself thusly: I’m a design practitioner as well as a director, I make identity, animation, illustration, … [Read more…]