I pray in the Miners' Cathedral, as the Horden cowboys ride outside. I sit in the lull between the Morning Vespers and Afternoon Recitals, when it is empty, as the organist smokes in the door frame. He is a gargoyle in a crisp white shirt, puffing smoke from his
Eva Dixon’s inaugural solo exhibition, SCORE! features a dynamic cast. The Ipswich football team, WWF wrestlers, sex workers, a lone diver. Appearing on collectible cards sourced by the artist, these characters appear in control. Though the cards name real individuals, they often read as archetypal, exaggerated ideals of hyper
Somewhere high up on a mountain north of Coniston the sons are murdering sheep. This is what the imagination tells us. That’s what the history books say. What they’d became occurred gradually between school and serious living but the change was felt in the heart as sudden. They’
Tell us about this project: This work is rooted in questions of labour, materiality, and belonging. At its core is a process of carrying a material from one world into another - across time, across contexts, across cultural and professional boundaries. In this movement, the material begins to speak about
Tell us about the Tyre Series: This series of works began in 2021, as I revisited earlier modes of making while seeking a process that was all-encompassing, labour-intensive, and intentional - one that approached the pixel as a physical object. At a time when I lacked space and workshop access,
Writing and photographs by Hendry Tan Delaying Calamity explores the realm where natural and artificial go beyond coexistence and descend into calamity. Humankind’s collective, forced imposition of artificial tools has reached its tipping point - creating dissonance, catastrophe, and death. This visual documentation takes place in Pakistan, where the
Tell us about this project: "This project explores the fluidity of identity and the reconstruction of visual language through painting on Hanji. After many years of studying traditional Korean painting in Seoul, I continued my training in London, where my direction shifted as I was confronted with new cultural
By Jade Byrne Melvin and I first connected on Instagram, over a shared love of music, specifically the glorious stuff coming out of London - Bar Italia, Babyfather, Tirzah - and all the rest. After a few messages back and forth, I spent a while nosing through his profile and
Words and images by Lydia Gray I’ve always been a very visually motivated person. As a young teen I spent hours poring over the likes of FRUiTS magazine, clicking through hundreds of pages on eBay, and going down rabbit holes on Google Images. Google Images had a very different
Tell us about this series: "'... And I roll the dice because the current takes me' is an ongoing pictorial project that stems from the ebb and flow of creation, a drift between play and exhaustion, myth and hyperreality, playful, ironic, and critical. The works - comprised of
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Elif Yilmazturk is a British self-taught artist based in Surrey where she lives and works from her cabin. Known for her oil paintings, charcoal drawings, and original works on paper, her art blends elements of folklore, storytelling, and historical themes, creating a mood that is both dreamlike and ethereal. GRASS