When I am in London I usually make a visit to the Estorick Collection. This gallery, located in the Islington area, houses a collection of Italian modernist work, collected by its original owner, Eric Estorick. It attracts some quite prestigious loan exhibitions from Italian galleries, so there is always something new to see.* The current … Read more
I like this as the title of an exhibition of work by a friend of mine, Bill Parker. It refers to the fact that the body of material produced here was done during the “lockdown”, when he was compelled to feel almost that he was in hiding, like a hunted fox. It also refers to … Read more
…. that blows nobody any good,” as the old folk saying has it. These days I’m beginning to appreciate the truth of it. During the current “lockdown” because of the Covid-19 pandemic many people are having a really difficult time. I hear on the news today about the latest figures for unemployment–taking the large view. … Read more
Over the past few days I have been playing around with a new idea for a group of pictures, responding to our current pandemic and attempting to convey something of what it feels like to be living in this crazy situation. Although the images are still in a rather early stage of development at the … Read more