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After Tanaka #2 (2024)
This week’s Kick-About was catalysed by the gorgeous and characterful artwork of Atsuko Tanaka, which had me popping off the lids on those tiny pots of enamel paint and pouring some Tanaka-inspired pools and puddles… Read more
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After Tanaka #1 (2024)
So this began with Atsuko Tanaka’s use of enamel paint to produce her richly saturated blobs and circles. I sourced some of those tiny Humbrol enamel paints, used, I think, for painting model planes and… Read more
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The Kick-About #108 ‘Atsuko Tanaka’
From Albert Paley’s street-sized curlicues of metal to the colour, energy and molecularity of Japanese artist, Atsuko Tanaka… enjoy this latest collection of ‘new works made in a short time’ and browse all previous editions… Read more
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After Paley #2 (2024)
A few more Albert Paley-inspired images produced for The Kick-About No.107. I was enjoying the slight mid-20th century vibe getting started in some of these. Read more
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After Paley (2024)
I thought I’d just roll up my sleeves and get on with building some Albert Paley-inspired maquettes for The Kick-About No.107, emulating the sort of ‘kit-bashed’ feel of his sculptures by slotting simple forms together… Read more
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The Kick-About #107 ‘Albert Paley’
Last time out, it was the remarkable mini-protrusions of slime moulds that so excited the Kick-Abouters into producing some ‘fruiting bodies’ of their own. This week, it’s the far-bigger structures of Albert Paley inspiring another… Read more
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There’s No One Like You Left: Pod People & The Unhomely University
I’m fascinated by the uncanny. When writing about this cognitive phenomenon, it is customary to kick things off with Sigmund Freud and his 1919 essay, ‘Das Unheimliche’, which, for my money, rather spoils things a… Read more
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Slime Mould (2024)
Just a simple, straight-forward thing from me this week in response to the slime mould prompt for The Kick-About No. 106. I just loved the jewellery-like aesthetic of some of these beautiful slime moulds, so… Read more
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The Kick-About #106 ‘Slime Mould’
Our last Kick-About inspired new works made in a short time exploring the wide, unbounded expanses of Mark Rothko’s paintings. This week, the Kick-Abouters turn their attentions to the weird and wonderful world of slime… Read more
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