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October 12, 2023

Furrow (2023)

I took The Kick-About No.90 as an opportunity to pare things down as simply as some of Jogen Chowdhury’s drawings, so I began by drawing a circle and a square with a nice ink pen… Read more
October 10, 2023

The Kick-About #90 ‘Jogen Chowdhury’

After the interplay of light and colour of our last Kick-About together, enjoy these new works made in a short time inspired by the figurative lines of Jogen Chowdhury. For all previous editions of The… Read more
October 8, 2023

Cyanotypes (2023)

Surrounded as it is by woodland, the impulse to produce cyanotypes is largely irresistible when I visit the old French house. There’s something very satisfying about the immediacy of working with ‘sun paper’ and watching… Read more
October 5, 2023

Polychrome #3 (2023)

A final bunch of photographs produced in the run-up to The Kick-About No.89, inspired by the works of the artist Carlos Cruz-Diez. Lots of iterations and similar treatments of the subject as I explored the… Read more
October 1, 2023

Polychrome #2 (2023)

A second batch of photographs produced for our most recent Kick-About, featuring new works inspired by the artist Carlos Cruz-Diez. A simple set-up – acetate ruled with fine stripes of different colours – and then… Read more
September 29, 2023

Polychrome #1 (2023)

Picking up where I left off with this technique, I spent several very pleasurable hours playing with colour, light and layering to produce some table-top installations inspired by Cruz-Diez’s simple/magical transformations of site and situation… Read more
September 28, 2023

The Kick-About #89 ‘Carlos Cruz-Diez’

Our last Kick-About invited us into the wonderful realm of the sea anemone. Just as Actiniaria exhibit a diverse array of vibrant colours and patterns, Carlos Cruz-Diez’s art employs a spectrum of hues and optical… Read more
September 18, 2023

Jumpers For Goalposts: Three Years Of Kicking It About / Tangible Territory Journal Issue 6

Each new issue of the Tangible Territory journal is curated around a specific theme; the latest edition focuses on ‘play’, and it was with this in mind I submitted a proposal about The Kick-About, which,… Read more
September 13, 2023

Actinia mopum (2023)

This week’s Kick-About kicked-off with a single word: actiniaria. If you’re looking for some deep conceptualisation this time out, you’ll need to look elsewhere. My brain went, “Hmmm. What readily available domestic item reminds me… Read more
September 12, 2023

The Kick-About #88 ‘Actiniaria’

Niki de Saint Phalle was the jumping-off point for our last Kick-About, and maybe it was her colourful, sausage-y sculptures that inspired this week’s one-word prompt – the latin name for sea anemones. Enjoy this… Read more