“…the situation we find ourselves in, here in the 21st Century, is a direct result of our colonial history and there is a bill that will always be due!”
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CuratorSpace Courses is a course and workshop listing platform which we've built to let artists and arts professionals move their IRL courses online and list them for free during the pandemic. We’re hoping it will make it easier for people to make a living in these difficult times, as well as giving others a chance to learn something new while they are in lockdown or self isolating.
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Ian Pepper is a multidisciplinary figurative artist inspired by New Scottish Painting, German Expressionism and Outsider Art. He is chiefly interested in exploring human relationships and the ways in which people gather together to form different cultural groups.
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I think it is highly disingenuous and manipulative to suggest that the NHS coped with the pandemic when workers died and doctors, nurses, care workers and others have to work long hours in dangerous and distressing conditions, often without protection.
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The of Ideas forming. Sleeve du Jour: Day 7
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Alabaster for my brother’s 60th, made during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown.
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As we move further into 2020 it is time for an update on what is happening here at BasementArtsProject with regards to our programme.
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in nothing it was born
It mapped itself on walls of silence
When the blue light creeps over the edge
I took it
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This post from the studio of Ian Pepper, focuses on another aspect of his work which involves collage:
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Another ‘Lockdown Improvisation’ from Leeds based musician and sculptor Scott Senogles
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The folks at Beyond Photography have devised a downloadable publication to assist people with their creativity during the lockdown period.
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BasementArtsProject’s first encounter with Michael Borkowsky was in 2014 when he was one of the artists to exhibit in Jamestown, New York with SCIBase; a collaborative project between Liverpool based SCI collective and BasementArtsProject. Since then Borkowsky has exhibited twice at BasementArtsProject.
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The End
About a day before Easter we were awoken to strange noises coming from the direction of the window that had the scaffolding outside—as if workers were working on it—unlikely in the lockdown.
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Day 6 – Phil Collins – Altered Images – Die Antwoord – Carla Bozulich – Face Value – Donker Mag – BITE – Septic Death – Pusmort – home – virus – grey – black – white – sick
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Allow me to introduce Harley and Parker. Harley is the tall one with the fabulous hair, and Parker is the short one with the sharp suits dress sense. Harley speaks in italics. They are BFFEs (Best Friends For Eternity because it sounds more ominous).
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the work i’ve made feels trapped, constrained, rationed even. one of these pieces uses just one sentence, which isn’t necessarily new but in this case it almost feels like i’m expecting words to run out, like toilet roll or handwash.
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Khansa Kadim is a neo-abstract figurative painter and graduate of Salford University. After taking a decade off from making work I have returned to art.
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Anyone who attended the ‘Feast of Beeston’ and ‘Welcome To My World’ exhibitions by Ian Pepper at BasementArtsProject will be familiar with an array of macabre characters such as Frankie Teabags and Edgar Allen Crow, and their distinct personalities.
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Day 5 – SWANS – noise – SWANS – not buying ticket for forthcoming Liverpool gig – dog – Lulu – at maximum noise – SLAVE – mum – CHER – HER noise – ISIS – THIS IS – GOD – young god
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We are still only four months into 2020 yet January seems like an absolute lifetime away.
Friday 31st January was an interesting day for many reasons; it being the second time in a fortnight that I had managed to extricate myself from Yorkshire in the name of art pursuits.
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