By Gavin Lenaghan in Art And Culture, Artwork
Painting may be the artistic medium that has been declared ‘dead’ more times than any other, but for as long as there exists some kind of paint, some kind of painting surface and some kind of human being to bring…
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By Adriana Paradiso in Events & Review
A list of some fantastic artist events coming up in the month of February, submitted by the ArtWeb community: Event: Fresh Off the Press 2016 Date: Feb 12th-Mar 20th, 2016 (19:00-21:00) Cost: Free Location: Lime Kiln Gallery (Calstock, UK) Details: ArtWeb member and colourist painter Alexandra Jacobs…
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By Jack Smurthwaite in Resources
Website providers, coding, domains, designers, themes, blogs, portfolios, shops. The options for someone wanting to branch out online are limitless and it is even more difficult if you are an artist. Your work is unique in that it is not…
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By Jack Smurthwaite in Art And Culture
You are an artist in a competitive market, you want and you need to sell work. Do not rely on others to do this for you; third party web-shop options, middle men, may not be the most efficient ways for…
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By Gavin Lenaghan in How To
If you find yourself wishing to marry the largely technical process of etching with a more painterly, intuitive style, then you may consider experimenting with the sugar lift etching process. This process, as you might expect from the above, involves…
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By Jack Smurthwaite in Art And Culture
Brandishing a brush like a baton, the cliché of the expressionistic artist as composer, pretentious and serious, is worn out. It is an image that lends itself to modernism, to the turn of the 20th century, when the abstract became…
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By Jack Smurthwaite in Art And Culture
Headlines grab us: that is their job. Photojournalism hits home hard: the best examples have become morbid bookmarks in the history of modern man as well as symbols of national identity. This post skims over the surface of visual culture…
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By Jack Smurthwaite in Art And Culture
The domestic dwelling, for many of us, is where we spend most of our time. It is where we want to be and where we always go back to. In the words of Homer Simpson: “what’s the point of going…
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By Jack Smurthwaite in Art And Culture
Technology has changed the way we think about space – it has taken on a new meaning, physical limits have become arbitrary and a notion of ‘unlimited’ space, inconceivable sweeping vistas of virtual plains unspool before us. Paradoxically, these spaces…
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By Jack Smurthwaite in Art And Culture
Far from wanting to write an article 10 years out of date, I will start with some well-worn facts and move on from there. The online art market is huge; the online art market currently stands at around £1.57 billion…
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