I WILL BE A GUEST SPEAKER AT 'THE MUSEUM SOCIAL' - 13TH JUNE

I have been invited to be a guest speaker at the 'The Museum Social' event at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston. The networking event is designed for young people who are interested in working within creative industries.

If you are interested in attending the event, please email the Harris at harris.museum@preston.gov.uk

 

ANALYSIS #1: Cindy Sherman, 'Disasters'

What I'm researching today...

Cindy Sherman, one of my favourite artists created this intriguingly dark photographic series in the '80s. Themes of fear, disgust and anxiety can be recognised in the images. Disasters is perhaps one of the more abstract projects that Sherman has worked on, but I feel that this exploration of female identity as a broken and ugly entity is really interesting!

Untitled #153 1989

Untitled #190, 1989

Untitled #156, 1985

Untitled #175, 1987 

INSTALLATION PHOTOGRAPHS OF 'IDENTITY CRISIS' PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

...'IDENTITY CRISIS' will be on show at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston until 7th July 2012. Enjoy! Check it out on Business Boom Bolton's blog HERE and The Two Hat's Preston culture blog HERE.

right staircase #1

right staircase #2

left staircase #1

right staircase #3

left staircase #2

left staircase #3

'DISCOVER JESUS THIS SUMMER' PHOTOGRAPHS AT NEXUS ART CAFE, MANCHESTER

A series of photographs from my photography project 'Discover Jesus this Summer' are currently on show in the Nook room at Nexus Art Cafe, Manchester. The project is an ongoing exploration into the colourful ways that English churches attract new congregation through their fascinatingly original A2 sized advertisements. Most of the images were taken in and around Northwest England.

Below are a few installation shots. The exhibition is part of the Nexus Frames exhibition programme. 

Six photographs from the project 'Discover Jesus this Summer'

Close up view

'FOR THE ULTIMATE GOAL', 2011

I think that this is a great poster, one of my favourites! 

'Discover Jesus this summer', 2011

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'IDENTITY CRISIS' PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION HAS OPENED AT THE HARRIS MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, PRESTON

The show will run until Saturday 7th July 2012, so there is plenty of time to go and have a look...

My photographs are being exhibited as part of the Harris museum's Stairway exhibition programme, meaning that the photographs are installed on the walls alongside the grand first floor staircases. With 32 frames making up the exhibition, this could have been quite a challenge to install, but (lucky for me!) the fantastic expertise of gallery's exhibition team meant that the photographs were a pleasure to install and look great in the environment.

Past exhibition in the Stairway space...

Visitor information for the Harris Museum and Art Gallery:

www.harrismuseum.org.uk/visitor-information.html I'll post some installation shots here very soon...

32 FRAMES DROPPED OFF AND READY TO BE INSTALLED AT THE HARRIS MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY!

"To Literature, Arts and Science", Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston.

...PHEW! I find that travelling with a car load of fragile frames can be an exhausting experience.

I can't wait to see the work up in the space at install tomorrow - have a read of my previous post below to learn about the 3 photographic projects ('Ashley House', 'Desserts' & 'Ego Entertainment') that'll make up the Identity Crisis exhibition.

Identity Crisis will be on show from the 18th April - 7th July 2012 at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston. Please support the show and let me know your thoughts!

NEW EXHIBITION 'ON BREAD ALONE' WILL OPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL AT NEXUS ART CAFE, MANCHESTER. 5PM - 7PM.
''A look at art as indulgence. A look at art as necessity" - Nexus Art Cafe

'On Bread Alone' has been curated by the art team at Nexus, the 12 artists exhibiting creatively responded to an open call inviting artists to explore the relationship between 'need' and creativity. For more info, have a look at the Nexus website!

Please come along next wednesday to indulge yourself!