Hi everyone, how's your weekend panning out? It started off drizzly this morning outside my window at Sock 'N'Soul HQ, but the sun's shining now! That's good news because I have to meet a fellow artist in town later and it'll just be a wash out in the rain.
Speaking of fellow artists, I've got something really exciting to tell you about today. My lovely friend Emma (and Coventry art guru) has collaborated with the Tate St Ives to bring a really interesting exhibition to the Mead Gallery at Warwick Arts Centre. I love the title! It's called 'The Indiscipline of Painting', and I'll just borrow a snippet from the Mead website to tell you what it's all about:
The Indiscipline of Painting is an international group exhibition including works by forty-nine artists from the 1960s to now. Selected by British painter Daniel Sturgis, the exhibition considers how abstraction has remained a site of urgent, relevant and critical enquiry for generations of artists over the last 50 years. The exhibition goes on to demonstrate the ways in which the history and legacy of abstract painting continues to inspire artists working today.
I can't show you many images of the show as there are specific restrictions on photography at the exhibition (not imposed by the lovely Mead gallery, I might add, which, unlike Indiscipline, recognises that freedom of press is important for gaining exposure), but, anyway, this should give you even more reason to go and see it for yourself!
Emma's also come up with a rather clever tie-in to this event. The Mead runs a weekly 'Knit, Stitch and Crochet' club where any ol' villager (or townie, or urbanite) can go for a little yarn gathering and hang out with other knitwits. I often go along with Crafty Bastard, Jen, and we whip out our crochety li'l things while the others get their knitties out. You can also learn to spin, roll your threads up into a ball or sit in a corner and gossip if you prefer.*
In a move that ties the ongoing activities of Knit Club with Indiscipline, the Mead has been inviting knitters (or other kinds of yarn dancers) to knit, stitch or crochet their own abstract art inspired by their favourites from the exhibition. There's been a surge of contributions to The Indiscipline of Knitting in the past week, so there's lots of new stuff to see if you pop by in the last week of the show.
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| Indiscipline lacked company at first |
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| Surge |
Someone's even made an homage to one with lobsters, which is my favourite piece:
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| I was allowed to photograph the book, but the real thing (painting, not lobster) is far more impressive. |
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| Here it is! Second from left... |
I'd been thinking of making a tribute of my own too, and, if you've been following my blog, you may remember my lobsters. But the thought of trapping them in a frame and sticking them up on a wall pains me somewhat. Shellfish should be free! And tasty ;-)
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| It's okay when we do it! This was only playfighting, honest. |
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| True, the thought of eating them doesn't bother me at all. I'm such a peskytarian...actually, I'm a pesky-omnitarian ('vore, for picky people) |
Shellfish fetishes aside, do paddle on over to the Mead on your comfy sushi riceballs, folks! There's plenty more to see here...
Do note though, there's only a week left and Saturday 10th March is the last day. Check the website for more details :)
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*Spinning, threading and gossiping are activities that regularly occur during the practices I share with my fellow bboys/girls. Things are less punny when you have to explain them, but if you have no clue what I'm on about, just click on the links to read more.
