• The Kick-About #103 ‘Roentgen’s X-Ray’

    Inspired by Raoul Hausmann’s Mechanical Head, our last Kick-About had fun with disembodied body-parts. Similarly, this week’s new works made in a short time have been inspired by the image of a woman’s hand, rendered spectral by Roentgen’s pioneering x-ray… For all previous editions of The Kick-About click here. Vanessa Clegg “I’ve been thinking about this

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  • Throwback Friday #172 ‘Cupola 2, Istanbul’ (1997)

    Another Turkish cupola from my Istanbul adventure in 1997.

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  • Mr Voltaic (2024)

    Mr Voltaic (2024)

    Introducing Mr Voltaic… a Raoul Hausmann-inspired take on those Mr Potato-Head toys for The Kick-About No.102. I don’t think there’s a huge amount to say about this, except I could feel my past-life as a lecturer in animation returning to me as I assembled this ready-made and likewise this poster for the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, which

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  • The Kick-About #102 ‘The Spirit Of Our Time’

    Our last Kick-About was inspired by the Irish modernist Mainie Jellett. This week’s prompt, Raoul Hausmann’s Mechanical Head, finds thematic resonance with Jellett’s abstract paintings by exploring the disintegration of traditional forms and the reimagining of human identity in the modern age. Enjoy this latest showcase of ‘new works made in a short time’. To

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  • Throwback Friday #171 ‘Cupola, Istanbul’ (1997)

    Some extraordinary ceilings from my 1997 student trip to Istanbul. I’m sorry to say I do not remember where I was specifically when I took these images, but my reason for taking them is obvious. Just look at them!

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  • Sugar Paper #4 (2024)

    Sugar Paper #4 (2024)

    Final set of Mainie Jellett-inspired iterations for The Kick-About No.101.

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  • Sugar Paper #3 (2024)

    Sugar Paper #3 (2024)

    A couple more pieces produced for The Kick-About #101, with new works inspired by the Irish modernist painter, Mainie Jellett.

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  • Throwback Friday #170 ‘Blue Mosque, Istanbul’ (1997)

    When I was in my final year of my undergraduate degree, we went to Istanbul on a field trip. I remember the experience as being sensorially overwhelming, exhausting in its intensity and visual richness. I also remember laughing so much and so often in the company of my classmates, my face hurt. This image of

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  • Sugar Paper #2 (2024)

    Sugar Paper #2 (2024)

    Another set of alternates produced for this week’s Mainie Jellett-inspired Kick-About. I wasn’t consciously going for Pac-Man at the time, but once seen…

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  • Sugar Paper #1 (2024)

    Sugar Paper #1 (2024)

    These digital collages began as physical collages of torn sugar paper to produce textures from which I could cookie-cut other shapes. I wanted to emulate some of the painterly surfaces of Mainie Jellett’s paintings (prompt for The Kick-About No.101) but also some of the formality of her layered shapes. I then went about sub-dividing the

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