Round Chapel, Hackney

LIFE AFTER ART SCHOOL

Today, Rebecca Fortnum & Finlay Taylor gave a lecture on professional practice after art school.

Finlay talked us through his own practice, post Foundation and MA; discussing how he went about approaching artists in order to organise group shows. I think the key is to be confident, if you dont ask you dont get, right?

Rebecca went on to discuss the many artist residencies and workshops that are available to us. These included:

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpure (9 week residency with 65 artists and faculty. Maine, USA

Triangle Artists Workshop

British School in Rome (3 month residency)

Space for 70 residency run by Art House 

A Wall is a Surface

 

The World's Richest Living Artist - Damien Hirst

25 Years of Hirst's work and over 75 pieces, now on show for all to see at the Tate Modern

Asco 'First Supper (After a Major Riot)'

 

I came across this image in an Artforum magazine. 

It is a still taken from a site-speciffic performance piece in December 1974, during a rush hour on a traffic island at Arizona Street and Whittier Boulevard. This island was the scene of a bloody police shooting. The performance, which was a picnic held by a Chicano Performance group called Asco, intended to remove the negativity caused by the shooting.

I felt immediately compelled to use this image in my blog because it seemed to have an inspiring effect on my work. Although my installations do not involve performance, this is an aspect I would like to perhaps consider. The chairs set around the table in particular, encouraging audience participation - could be an exciting new pathway to draw upon.