IF YOUR MEMORY SERVES YOU WELL............

" It is curious to note to what extent memory is unfaithful , even for the most important periods of one's life . it is this , indeed , that explains the delightful fantasy of history " . Marcel Duchamp

Memories , false or otherwise , seem to have been a constant theme of my MA experience , from initial readings through to the final works that I produced .  This one is based loosely on the idea of the Cabinet of Curiosities and takes as its' subject one of Manchester's ' Hidden Gems ' , the Cabaret Theatre that once graced Canal street....................

...........and once you open the doors................

Welcome to the Cabaret.......................

GETTING TO THE END OF THE LINE .......

Well the MA show at MMU is up and running , through until Sunday 13th October , and then that's it , at least for a while as I take a year out prior to signing up for an MFA.........whatever that is........

I miss the college and the discipline of producing work that is assessed / subject to constructive criticism , but it's quite nice to be able to doodle around now for a bit , and I am looking forward to The House of the Magus , together with The Fortune Teller's Shop............ both located in Manchester's Northern Quarter on Turner Street.

And in the meantime , some pics of the MA show.............the last two are of my latest pieces which should figure on here shortly......

COME TO THE CABARET

....Life is a cabaret , old chum , come to the cabaret.................

An appropriate title , I thought , as one of the featured works is ' The Cabaret Rooms '. Yes , it's showtime and having finished my MA course the End of Year Show opens up at Manchester School of art @MMU on Friday 27th September and runs through until Sunday 13th October.....

There is a lot of good work on view , so it's worth a trip if you are in Manchester...........

 

 

 

.............and now the end is near , and as I face the final curtain......with at least some decent work produced ................I ought to say a heartfelt thanks to at least a couple of companies without whom etc etc .- all of you at LCT in Chester who did a wonderful job with the framing - love you lots , girls - and the workshop boys at Bridgewater Contracts plus Geoff - a never-ending source of 6mm MDF. Won't be bothering either of them again for a while now.

 

.......just waiting for the show to start , then......................

...AND THE CARAVAN IS ON IT's WAY..

...and the caravan is on it's way............

Trawling through goggle images whilst researching for an up-coming piece of artwork -  ' The Fortune Teller at the Hose of the Art Lover ' - I came across these wonderful design drawings in standard architectural notation  ( front elevation , side elevation ) for the caravan that forms the centre piece of Terry Gilliam's ' The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus '...........this is a career ? People get paid for designing these sort of things ? Where do I apply ............?

 

 

 

 

 

 

........and the film was wonderful as well............

 

The Caravan is on its way................

Turn it up , turn it up...................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN ...............

It's been quite a while since I last posted on here ; put it down to working hard on the last part of my MA course , or sheer laziness.............

whatever.

Anyway , to return . Having relocated the entire family up to Manchester in 1980  and starting a new career / partnership in the area , one of the first projects I remember working on was Paddy's Goose , a city centre pub on Bloom Street at the back of Chorlton street bus station. seems a lifetime ago ..............

More recently I have been working pretty much next door at Richmond House on Bloom Street ,  both on the design of the Richmond Street Tea Rooms and - more figuratively - on The House Of The Book Lover , a source for a number of works on my MA course , so I pass Paddy's Goose quite regularly.....

And here it is again...........

...... this time the subject of a painting by Anne Aspinall , someone I know quite well as one of the artists running the Longden Gallery in Macclesfield.. It had never occurred to me that it might be a nice exterior to paint , but here it is in all its' glory............

Check out Anne's work and the rest of the artists at the Longden Gallery at www.longdengallery.co.uk.........
and I should be back on here shortly with my final MA work and news of an exhibition........

....WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM......

....An installation at Jordangate House , Macclesfield , until sunday 30th June , and when you walk into the room this is what you should see..............

..........and the worst thing about exhibiting - the bit they don't tell you about - is the invigilation.......boring ..........so anyone who wants to come along and have a chat........please ?!

......THE ART MOBS OUT TONIGHT...

I suppose it's a bit late to be posting this , but better late than never ; my only excuse is that real life has tended to get in the way these last few weeks , as it does...........Anyway.................

THE BARNABY ART's TRAIL - Macclesfield's Art Festival , is happening 14th / 30th June  - and we have an installation at Jordangate House , Jordangate , in the centre of town.  ' We ' are Angela Davies ( who is doing an MA alongside me at MMU ) , Noel Connor and myself , and the installation concerns itself with buildings and memories.......................A lot of the work I have produced for my MA over the past year or so will be on display , together with Angela's structures and Noel's photographs. If you can get into Macclesfield it's well worth a visit as there are some forty venues open over the fortnight.

In the meantime its back to the MA work..............and I will post some pictures of our installation as soon as I have some .