Art – Page 54 – Frames of Reference

Making Paper All Over The World

In March I participated in an annual papermaking swap with 40 papermakers from different countries. The package of papers which I received in the post from the organiser Elena Siff, of Etsy Papermakers Guild, introduced me to the diverse and creative papers of 40 paper artists like myself, each experimenting in their worlds of paper, plant fibres, colour and pulp. The variety and quality of the papers was wonderful and the experience was very inspiring. Continue reading “Making Paper All Over The World”

Compass Closing Party

The exhibition Compass finishes soon so Art@42 are having a Closing Party on Thursday 16th May. Please RSVP to the gallery.

My Pharmacopoeia colleague, Liz Lee was featured on TV last week in the BBC 2 series Keeping Britain Alive – The NHS in a Day. Watch it on iPlayer.

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Susie Freeman / The Rowley Gallery

The View

Christopher Corr sent us photographs from the top of the Shard. Luckily he has a head for heights. He’d been invited to see the panoramic views across London. He took photographs and made sketches for a painting. A souvenir print will soon be available in the Shard shop. Continue reading “The View”

Open House

Please join us for a glass of wine at the launch of our open house exhibition being held as part of the Dulwich Festival 2013. Julia will be showing recent landscapes inspired by Dulwich and West Sussex alongside my own Dulwich paintings and latest allotment books. 285 Upland Road, East Dulwich, London, SE22 0DN. May 10th, 6 – 9 pm. Also visit plot 52 & Julia Burnett . Best Wishes, Greg.

Greg Becker / The Rowley Gallery

Schwittering

I walk through the back streets of Pimlico. Old buildings remodelled, roads resurfaced. Signs changed, decayed. The city is in flux. Its natural state. Each time I walk this route old things have gone. New things arrive only to become worn, textured, old in turn. Continue reading “Schwittering”

Jonny’s Got A Brand New Bag

After we hung Jonny Hannah‘s exhibition at Kensington Place last week I discovered a box of leftovers containing these wonderful hand painted paper carrier bags, for these popular high street retailers – Ishmael’s Stripey Top Shop, Henry Thomas Tackle & Bait Shop, Ahab’s Fish & Crinkle Cut Chip Shop, The Cullen Skink Fishmongery. We’re just missing The Kensington Plaice. Continue reading “Jonny’s Got A Brand New Bag”

Holloway Again

Holloway is published this month by Faber & Faber. Caught By The River are hosting a launch party at Rough Trade East on May 14th. Its original publication last year inspired this earlier post, Holloway.

Jerwood Open Forest

We just received a call for entries for Jerwood Open Forest, an opportunity for artists to submit proposals that explore the potential of forests as sites for art. The closing date is 28 May. More details from Jerwood Open Forest.

Littoral

This is Sea Into Sky, an oil painting on paper from the forthcoming exhibition Littoral: John Hubbard In Context at the Luther W Brady Art Gallery, The George Washington University, Washington, DC from May 16 – June 28. It promises to be a great show – The exhibition highlights the painterly work of an American artist living in Dorset. His oils & charcoals on paper feature the sea, sky and tidal movement. But if Washington is too far to go you can also see John’s work at The Rowley Gallery.

Discaholism

Here’s a nice cartoon by Robert Crumb from Rock’s Back Pages on the pain of record collecting. Follow the link and the trail leads back to Discaholic Corner and a great interview with the cartoonist musician about his addiction to tracking down old 78s. Portrait d’un 78 Tard by Les Primitifs du Futur, on which he plays banjo, from their album World Musette, tells a similar tale –