Archive: May, 2023

Associate Studio Programme 8 : Isaac Simon

May 2023
Isaac Simon from South Parade gallery came to visit us at the studio and facilitated some interesting discussions around our work and the art world. As we approach the final stage of the Associate Studio Programme, we have shifted away from requesting soley artists to visit us, to gallerists and curators too. ASP has always been helpful in not just supporting our art practices but our professional practices as well. A support that most of us felt was lacking on our BA courses. Isaac brought a lovely atmosphere to the studio, he was inquisitive about our work and let us ask any questions we had about his perspective of the art and gallery world. He seemed genuine in his approach to curation More...

Associate Studio Programme 9 : Antonia Marsh

May 2023
This May we had our first studio visit from Antonia Marsh of Soft Opening. With the gallery turning five this year and Antonia now representing 11 artists, she talked us through the idiosyncrasies of what it means to run run this space. In talk of art fairs, the art market, the gallerist’s job and how Antonia maintains close relationships with her artists, she helped us to understand and demystify the art world. Conversations of how Antonia picks her artists, her background as a curator and selling work segued into Rhea Dillion’s practice and her new show opening at Tate Britain this month. This fed into our crit of the work of More...