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Author Archives: Catherine Mason
A Bigger (Digital) Splash
David Hockney, perhaps Britain’s most famous living artist, has never been one to shy away from the use of new technology. Whilst a student at the Royal College of Art he embraced acrylic paints when they were still quite new … Continue reading
A Machine that Makes Art
Jack Tait, Turntable light drawing 14, 2011. Taitograph, dimensions variable. Copyright the artist, reproduced with permission. The inspiration for this month’s BCS column comes from the great conceptual artist Sol LeWitt’s statement, “The idea becomes a machine that makes the … Continue reading
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Tagged computer art, image of the month, Jack Tait
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Wonderful new Graham Sutherland show at Oxford
A marvellous new exhibition of around 80 pen & ink drawings, watercolours and gouaches has just opened at Modern Art Oxford. These rarely seen works on paper, borrowed from private collections and mostly regional museums (no doubt where much of … Continue reading
Posted in painting, Spirit of Place
Tagged George Shaw, Graham Sutherland, landscape painting, painting, Spirit of Place
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Optic Allsorts
To mark a year’s worth of writing about the world of computer arts for the British Computer Society’s on-line journal and as an end of year special, for December we are celebrating with a quartet of images submitted by readers. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Sutcliffe, computer art, image of the month
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“All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true poet must be truthful.”
above statement by Wilfred Owen, the greatest First World War poet. In honour of Remembrance Sunday, here is the Foresters’ House in Northern France where British poet & soldier Wilfred Owen wrote his last letter home (sheltering in the cellar) … Continue reading
Posted in Spirit of Place
Tagged Simon Patterson, The Foresters' House, Wilfred Owen
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Plotted Stitching
Grayson Perry, Hold Your Beliefs Lightly, 2011. Computerised embroidery on cotton and silk, programming by Tony Taylor. 32.5 x 45cm, Edition of 250 plus 10 Artist’s Proofs, copyright the artist, reproduced with permission, courtesy of Victoria Miro This month’s image … Continue reading
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Tagged computer art, Grayson Perry, image of the month, Tony Taylor
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Spirit of Place Website Launches!
The website for my new project about landscape art is now live, beautifully designed by Nigel Marshall. Spirt of Place Norfolk is mapping contemporary artists living and working in North Norfolk. It is an attempt to understand better the genus of the place, … Continue reading
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Tagged current projects, landscape painting, North Norfolk, Spirit of Place
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Ada Lovelace Day
Today (Oct. 7) is Ada Lovelace Day, in commemoration of the 19th-Century British mathematician who collaborated with Charles Babbage to create the early mechanical computer the Analytical Engine by writing algorithms. Because of this she is often called the first … Continue reading
Digital Post-Pop
This month’s artist turns Pop art on its head and gives us a digital take on painting that forces us to confront an uncomfortable truth about modern life. British artist Marina de Stacpoole plays out a scene from popular television series Desperate … Continue reading
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Tagged computer art, image of the month, Marina de Stacpoole
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Richard Hamilton: 1922-2011
I was saddened to hear of the death of Richard Hamilton a couple of days ago. Although I never managed to meet him, his ideas were an important part of my research into the origins of computer arts & ideas … Continue reading
