In Conversation with Suzan Swale
Our series of interviews with long-serving Group members continues with the indefatigable Suzan Swale and her memories of college, passion for painting and orange peel bikinis.
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Category: Article
Video Portrait: Julie Held
A short film introducing The London Group artist Julie Held whose early motivation was to make what she felt inside tangible. The film was shot during the summer of 2019 by Oli Clark.
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Video Portrait: Jeff Lowe
Jeff Lowe LG discusses his life and work in this short documentary by Paul Murphy.
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Reflections on Textile and Memory
Kathleen Mullaniff LG and Emma Dick reflect on a joyful collaboration with the women of the Dean Castle Textile Team.
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Art and Health, A Story
“When I started my inquiry into the links between Health Care and Art I didn’t realize that it would take me on a beautiful journey into people’s lives.” Marenka Gabeler LG
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This Stuff Matters
“There is a moment at the end of many group shows where artists, buoyed up by the adrenalin of a good exhibition, pledge to repeat the experience. Usually we all agree, hug, depart and nothing happens. This time was different.” Alexandra Harley LG
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The Brighton Collaboration
London Group Archivist David Redfern LG looks back to a Brighton exhibition which set the tone for future London Group collaboration.
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The Digital to Analog Switch
The lockdown has impacted on artists and their practice in so many ways and while many have looked towards digital strategies, David Theobald LG a digital artist, picked up a pencil.
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How has lockdown influenced or changed your practice?
Seventeen London Group artists reflect on how their practice has been affected by the experience of lockdown.
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State of Residency…
In the time of limited travel, how nice to take a journey with Sumi Perera LG to a few of her many residencies.
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The London Group goes virtual
“I looked at how we as a group could continue with our own shows and give artists something to work towards”. Darren Nisbett LG gives the lowdown on our new online Group exhibition space.
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Things Will Fall Down
Microworld@HOME: live-streaming our way through the lockdown.
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Early Trials
London Group Archivist David Redfern reveals the early trials of The London Group, including losing our first President to Spanish Flu in 1919.
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RIP Arthur Wilson and Janet Nathan
It is very sad that we have lost two members since the last newsletter, Arthur Wilson and Janet Nathan.
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Introducing our new members 2020
Welcome to our new members! Let’s introduce them and hear what it means to join the Group
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In conversation with Gill Ingham
Our series on long-serving Group members continues with the brilliant Gill Ingham who needs no introduction.
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The London Group in 1981
There are now over 100 members in the Group which is a record. London Group archivist David Redfern looks back at 1981, a year which saw a bumper crop of new members.
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The Joy of Artists’ Talks
Leaving the most recent session of artist’s talks which wrapped up the ImPerfectum show at The Cello Factory, I reflected on how nourished my brain felt. It felt wonderful.
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Portrait of a gallery #1: hARTslane
Several LG members run their own Galleries and groups. Tisna Westerhoff co-founded hARTslane and this article is about one of its recent projects.
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Indoors Living
Cultural institutions, online learning providers and creatives are making available free online content to help make staying in a lockdown more bearable. Here are some “free to access” sites that might interest you.
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