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ARTICULATED ARTISTS: October 2013
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Saturday, 26 October 2013. Mimei Thompson talks to Alli Sharma at Art First Projects, London W1. Dead Fly, 2013. We’re here at your exhibition, in front of the work. So what came first? I recognize some of the cave paintings? Tell me about your fascination with insects. These marks here are literally swirling up to form a. I like these paintings together because you can see the suggestions of Green Man. Green Man, 2013. Pavement Tree, 2013. Do you work on a painting all in one go? I love your Asparagus.
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ARTICULATED ARTISTS: March 2014
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Tuesday, 11 March 2014. Alli Sharma talked to Benjamin Bridges in December 2013 as he embarked upon some new techniques. He will be exhibiting at dalla Rosa Gallery, EC1 from 14 March 2014. All 2013, oil on canvas, 51x41cm. AS: This looks like new work? AS: Is it oil paint? BB: Yes, and because it’s white spirit and not turpentine, it splits like this. I have no idea what they’re about any more than what they are. 2013, oil on board, 29x20cm. AS: The borders are interesting. 2013, oil on plywood, 20x15cm.
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Teapots and Flicknives: Coming Home to Comics at the London Super Comic Convention 2013
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Monday, 4 March 2013. Coming Home to Comics at the London Super Comic Convention 2013. Y attendance at the inaugural London Super Comic Convention. Last year was primaril y. I had never been to a comic convention before and the LSCC had been advertised as the first American style event to hit these shores. A. Appearance of the legendary Stan Lee as headline special guest and the fact that the Excel conference centre is only fifteen. Minutes awa y from where I live didn't hurt either. I once again drifted...
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Teapots and Flicknives: March 2013
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Monday, 4 March 2013. Coming Home to Comics at the London Super Comic Convention 2013. Y attendance at the inaugural London Super Comic Convention. Last year was primaril y. I had never been to a comic convention before and the LSCC had been advertised as the first American style event to hit these shores. A. Appearance of the legendary Stan Lee as headline special guest and the fact that the Excel conference centre is only fifteen. Minutes awa y from where I live didn't hurt either. I once again drifted...
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Teapots and Flicknives: September 2012
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Sunday, 9 September 2012. The E17 Art Trail: Crafts, Cats, Cuts and Camera Porn. Every September the E17 Art Trail. Descends on Walthamstow in East London. This annual event connects the dots between the scattered creatives of the local area, inviting us to view the diverse work of over 3,500 professional and amateur artists. My highlights included professional illustrator Matt Richard’s audio-visual project, Musical Views. Meanwhile, the Back to Front. Project along Wingfield Road has sponsored resident...
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Teapots and Flicknives: January 2012
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Saturday, 14 January 2012. Notes from the Underground: The Unnoticed Board and the High Visibility Vest. 8220;The 14:25 to D. Arlington is sadly delayed, apologies to travellers whose journeys waylaid.”. Dr Seuss is evidently a big influence on our frontline railway employees. Like the largely unnoticed-noticeboard, the majority of passengers around me seemed entirely oblivious to the poetic oddity. They were un. My compadre Tom modelling the classic. High Visibility Vest at the Secret Garden Party.
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Teapots and Flicknives: December 2011
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Saturday, 31 December 2011. Happy New Year: My Obligatory List of the Pick of the Stuff of the Year, 2011. Insert Generic New Year Screengrab here. As the critically ailing ship of 2011 slowly sinks beneath the waves, it’s time to burn the deckchairs head for the lifeboats. You know the one - that soon-to-be historic event that everyone you know must have been invited, except for you? Until next year, at least. 2011 has been a year of unrest and austerity, defined by a mood of impending great changes and...
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Teapots and Flicknives: October 2011
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Friday, 28 October 2011. Why I love Halloween (and other Ghost Stories). 8220;Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability. To trace the remote in the immediate; the eternal in the ephemeral; the past in the present; the infinite in the finite; these are to me the springs of delight and beauty.” - H.P. Lovecraft. And Christian culture as All Hallows’ Eve. Dawn of the Dead. Are all fondly remembered Octo...
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ARTICULATED ARTISTS: February 2010
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010. Rose Wylie at her studio in Newnham, Kent with Alli Sharma. I wanted to show you a horse. This one. Where shall I put it? There’s something about its chest and the stupidity of it. I like the zebra beside it. It’s a take from de Chirico. I like his Metaphysical and early work. AS: Is this your recent work. And what about the paper pieces stuck on top? Those are corrections or changes, which is why they keep getting thicker. AS: Shall we go upstairs to your studio? It is possi...
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ARTICULATED ARTISTS: April 2010
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Sunday, 25 April 2010. Emma Talbot talking to Alli Sharma at her studio, Walthamstow E17. AS: Is text a recent addition to your work? ET: I think the first time I used text might have been in the Nieves zine. AS: You’ve used both in ‘ The Beautiful North’. ET: I ’ve been going to Sheffield a lot recently, because I’m going out with someone who lives there. AS: You lived in Jesmond, Newcastle? ET: Yes. And at the top are images drawn from childhood memories. AS: And sitting very politely on the sofa.
