Stephen Bush

The work of Stephen Bush is quite lurid but at the same time appealing.

Lucie Sheridan

Today I went to the M-Shed in Bristol which is a recently opened museum concentrating on the stories behind Bristol's people and places. I really liked the spaces and also liked the shop which had a section for local artists. Lucie Sheridan's work stood out to me as bold, vibrant and simple.

Ricky Swallow

Ricky Swallow is another artist whose work I saw at Sydney Art Gallery. I really like his beautifully detailed sculptures, the top image was on display in the gallery and apart from the bucket is all carved singularly from one piece of wood.

Jane Ormes

I found the work of Jane Ormes through getting a card to send to my good friend in Canada. She is a printmaker and artist, I love her whimsical pieces and also her description of her recreation time 'She spends any spare time daydreaming about Daniel Craig and ginger flapjack (although not together obviously!)'. Her blog is also worth a peruse here.

Revok

Revok is creating some excellent art at the moment, both on the streets and in galleries. I love his use of acidic bright colours and layering. His website is full of photos including those of his most recent show Perseverance.

Michael Landy

Michael Landy is an artist that has interested me for some time as he concentrates on possessions and the material worth of objects. In 2001 for example he gathered together literally every single thing that he owned and set up a production line to systematically destroy everything. This included photos, his passport and his car. Most recently Landy has collaborated with the city of Sydney in order to collect random acts of kindness. He is collecting stories of kindness between the 20th of July and 20th of August.

Update

Apologies for the long delay in posting to those who read the blog on a regular basis, not sure how many just stumble in from Miss Van! Just thought I would update to say that I am now in Sydney living in a place called Darlington which is right by a very cool suburb called Newtown. I think in the past Newtown was a bit run down (much like Stokes Croft in Bristol for example) but is now an area which reeks of redevelopment and promise. Australian people by nature are very friendly and curious and seemingly in Newtown this is even more so. Today for example I went with my new housemate to a free life drawing class in The Sando (Sandringham Hotel) it was packed to the rafters and some of the work produced was amazing so despite a man standing on my piece of paper and me accidentally spilling half my pint of cider on another unfortunate mans sketchpad I will be going again next week but this time with my own paper and drawing equipment so I don't have what appears to be a fully joined up 10 breasted woman! I will hopefully put some photos up soon too as the area I live in is very cool!

Lee Price

Pretty pleased to have three new followers to show a new artist that I have found! Lee Price reminds me both of Will Cotton and Harriet White. She works from photographs of herself gorging on junk food in intimate situations. Really interesting and sometimes a little intrusive paintings.

Little Whitehead

Engaging and unnerving art and sculptures from Little Whitehead.

Sam Haskins

In clearing out my room I have recently found a book by Sam Haskins called Photo Graphics it is pretty interesting showing the world of image manipulation before photoshop. He is perhaps best known for his nudes however including those used in 'The Last of the Shadow Pupppets' recent album artwork.

North Bristol Artists Trail 2010

I plan to be having a look at a few venues on the North Bristol artists trail today which can be found on the map above. For more information have a look at the website.

Hvass and Hannibal

Lovely, lovely work from this Danish pair.

Open Studio and Liz Clayton

I have recently been told about an open studio event in Bristol event details shown above. This was recommended to me by Liz Clayton who is an illustrator based at the studio. Will be well worth going to get a look at a rarely seen hub of creativity in Bristol.

Ai Weiwei

The new exhibit in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern has just been announced.

Chloe Early

I signed up to the Corey Helford newsletter and was pretty intrigued by their forthcoming show featuring Chloe Early. I really love the style of her work with the strong use of paint and colour. She studied in Dublin and has since been exhibiting her work on a world wide basis.

Takashi Murakami

I really like the work of Takashi Murakami who has been able to take over parts of the Palace of Versailles just outside of Paris. There is quite an interesting juxtaposition between his work and the regal surroundings.