November is a series of ink works produced by the artist Gerhard Richter on highly absorbent paper with additions in lacquer or pencil. If you view the series as a whole they seem almost organic in form as they evolve from one image to the next. Richter created the works by manipulating the ink in [...]
In This Land explores the mindset of contemporary Israel, investigating the psyche of a population living with, and seemingly trapped by, a collective siege mentality. The series reflects on Israel’s fiercely unwavering beliefs that its identity is embedded in the very fabric of the land, with its past, present and future inextricably linked to the [...]
It is hard to describe this series ‘POEMS & SNIPPETS’ by Reinhard Schleining in any conventional sense. They could be poems with accompanying illustrations. You could also say they were thought pieces in both word and image. Personally I find the words intriguing and the images raw and thought provoking which is enough for me. [...]
This latest piece by Robert Leeming is inspired by the Windrush, the ship that brought the first Jamaican immigrants to the UK, and our protagonist, who is on the ship and who gets caught up in its history. He’s a bit of a badun’ who ended up on the wrong side in World War 2. He lives [...]
We were really impressed when we first got to see this poignant and cleverly conceived art film that collides art with science. The piece was actually made by Niamh O’Connor and Hettie Griffiths and their team for the ‘Beautiful Science Exhibition’ run by the Imperial College. The idea behind the project was to connect scientists [...]
Short Fiction by Robert Leeming The second installment of short fiction by Robert Leeming again uses discarded photographs as its basis. This he uses a series of three unrelated images which he weaves together into story form. Prologue George Washington-Plunkett died in a lighthouse on a Tuesday. He had never imagined himself dying on [...]
Creative Photography Showcase on Romain Lienhardt Born in St-Tropez in 1972 Romain Lienhardt was drawn to photography from an early age. This journey continued during his high-school years when he interned as a set electrician at the ‘Société Française de Production’ in Paris. After achieving an associate degree in Arts, he started his career as [...]
Cedric De Smedt is a young Belgian artist and illustrator, also known under the pseudonym Chute De Strings (or CDS for some). He has built his own world from his illustration and writing which has evolved into something quite dark and often bitter, where a vacuum cleaner becomes oppressive, and where time has stood still. [...]
A photograph captures a mere moment in time. What are the secrets behind a feigned smile or a flirtatious glance in an unfitting direction? Why are there flowers on the mantelpiece? Who is that woman? Why is she crying? In some cases we don’t know how a photograph came to look as it does and what confluence [...]
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