7.12.08

Bootcity - Northampton's Newest Creative Agency


Dedicated to Music, Art, Design and Promotion

Northampton has been renowned for its Music and Art scene for many years.BootCity has formed to promote and assist:

  • Musicians
  • Producers
  • Artists
  • Designers
  • Events
  • DJ's

We are currently looking for Bands, Dj's and Artists to register with BootCity and be a part of the events that we will be running.

Register here at: mail@bootcity.co.uk

www.bootcity.co.uk

25.11.08

Filmlab at the Picture Drome


Filmlab at the Picture Drome

The first airing of Carbon Essence Colliderscope videos 1 and 2

4 December 2008

The Picturedrome

Artists Featured Will Include:

Alex Small
Oliver and Aaron
Bea Tovey
Daryl Peach
Tamara Rogers
The Concorto Singers
Jane Roberts
Gracie Street
Dan the Mystery Film Maker
Rob Bray
Dan Gold
James Mcarthur
Emily Keen
Lauren Hubbard
High Gade Rockers
Jonny Mattock
David Harris

Join the Facebook Group at

The FilmLab

The Fishmarket Art Fair 08

I have 2 pieces in this years Art Fair, they are Carbon Essence Blot 7 and Carbon Essence Blot 8 both limited edition prints. Come and have a look at the Fishmarket Gallery Northampton.





'Following the success of last year’s FREEZING ART FAIR we are delighted to announce that THE FISHMARKET ART FAIR will, once again close our 2008 exhibition programme.

The event will follow the same format of a large scale, selected salon show in our main gallery. Artists working locally and all over the UK will be given the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Harry Pye, Josh Thomson, Hugh Mendes and Louise Clarke and exhibit their work for sale in our spectacular main space. This year the exhibition will be bigger and better and will enjoy an extended run throughout December and into January.

In only its second year, the art fair has attracted submissions from over 120 artists and this year we have entries not only from Northamptonshire but London, Oxford and everywhere in between. This selected salon show features wonderfully diverse work in all media at prices ranging from £50 - £3000 from over 60 artists.

This exhibition will be the perfect opportunity to appreciate both a wealth of local talent and the ever widening appeal of the Fishmarket Project. '

24.9.08

New web page on the NAC site


Check out this amazing offer!

Join NAC

To add listings or venues to our ever-growing database of what's on right now, you first need to be a member of NAC. If you are already a member, simply login with your details using the form above.

Membership of NAC is FREE and easy! Just fill in the form below and you'll be able to add your events immediately. By joining we take it you agree with our objectives (see above).

You can also become a Friend of NAC by paying a small fee as denoted below. Friends of NAC gain a number of additonal benefits, such as gaining a fully editable gallery and webpage on the site, as well supporting NAC's efforts in promoting the arts on everyone's behalf. Friends of NAC also have voting rights in terms of board and committee membership. Your £10 support of NAC is very much appreciated.


http://www.northamptonarts.org/artist/1344/Alexander-Small/page/Alexander-Small

5.8.08

The Art Source.org - Online Gallery Shows my work






Investing in Art at the Source
We represent work by over 250 carefully selected British contemporary artists. At any one time, the site hosts over 3,000 works, including
contemporary paintings, limited edition prints, drawings, photographs, mixed media and sculpture pieces.

Buy Art with Confidence
We offer a 14 day money-back guarantee on all work, payments are made securely online or by cheque, and we can deliver anywhere in the world.

The Benefit of Buying Direct
We have much lower overheads than traditional galleries which means that you pay a fair price that isn't artificially inflated and more goes to the artist from every sale.

About Art Source

The Artsource was set up in by Colin Mansell and Catherine Higgs 2005 as a new channel to make the highest quality contemporary art available to art buyers directly, with a choice of thousands of pieces by some of the best artists in the UK.

The principle behind the agency is to be the smarter alternative to traditional galleries, which fail to give either artists or buyers a fair deal, charging commissions of up to 60%, and artificially inflating prices.

We also set out to do business differently, supporting the artist as well as Mécins sans Frontiès who receive 25% of all profits, and selling to the buyer at a fair and reasonable price that is set by the artist, not us.

New eshop for my work shopit Gallery

Drawing Feedback Loop Drawing Machine

7.5.08

Your feedback towards NAC's strategic review

I would like to take the opportunity to pick your brains! Its been nearly a month now since the re-launch of both the Fishmarket, and this site, and at the same time behind the scenes the NAC is looking at ways to continue to develop its structure and vision. It is very important to the NAC that it remains artist led, and to that ends we wish to start getting some feedback from everyone involved with the organisation. As a first step below is a link to a very quick to fill in questionaire, (literally a 30 second job) wich we would apprieciate if you could take the time to fill in so we can start to judge the direction with wich to focus our energys.


30.4.08

Articulating History Website

Art Concepts in Historical Contexts

Articulating History is a collaborative practice between artists Jonathan Alibone and Alexander Small now with its own dedicated website.

LOGO

Established in 2008, Articulating History explores continuity and rupture, producing context driven and site specific installations and artworks that mediate between the past and the present.


'We work across the fine art and heritage sectors using a range of media and methodologies. We produce collaborative, context driven, archive intervening, site specific creative projects  to broaden perspectives and engage new audiences.'


Please contact us for more information.'

'Where We Were Found, Wanting' Installation at Purple Media



'Purple Media Presents An Evening of Art' saw the installation of 'Where We Were Found, Wanting' by Jonathan Alibone, Mathew Bushell and myself.


The installation occupied the whole bottom floor of the new Purple Media offices and included paintings by Jonathan Alibone and my own bass 'Resonator' sculpture providing the sound.


'Pablo Picasso described art as 'a means of seizing power by imposing a form on our terrors as well as on our desires'. The installation occupying these rooms considers the implications of this assertion'


8.4.08

Purple Media Presents An Evening of Art


Purple Media Presents An Evening of Art featuring pieces from a range of local artists.

An independent show from artists, hosted by Purple Media at 14 Hazelwood Road, Northampton on Saturday 12 April: 18:00 til late.

www.purplemedia.co.uk

Purple Media Presents An Evening of Art

6.4.08

New Artist's Sanctuary Blog



The Artist's Sanctuary now has its own blog so you can keep upto date with exhibitions and events.

Artists Sanctuary blogspot

New Northampton Arts Collective Website Launched


The new NAC website has been launched!

Membership of NAC is FREE and easy!

You can also become a Friend of NAC by paying a small fee. Friends of NAC gain a number of benefits such as gaining a fully editable gallery and webpage on the site, as well as helping to promote NAC as the premier cultural organisation in the area.

5.4.08

Excavations Exhibited at the Fishmarket Gallery Opening

Northampton Herald & Post

The Fishmarket Gallery reopens after its second refurbishment

This wonderful venue reopens to the public from 10-6 Thursday - Saturday THIS WEEK (3rd/4th/5th). www.fishmarketgallery.co.uk will be launched next week to co-incide with the first show opening.

This newly refurbished venue will have new workshop space, 3 galleries and a refurbished cafe bar & scaffold garden. Come see us !!!


For details of exhibiting please email submissions@fishmarketgallery.co.uk



This reopening will be the first exhibition of 'Excavations' the new collaborative video project by Jonathan Alibone and Alexander Small based on Northampton's Arts Collective Fish Market Gallery site.



Excavations is a short, digitally animated sequence inspired by historical and archaeological evidence that positions the present Fishmarket above the site of a medieval synagogue in what was once the heart of Northampton’s Jewish quarter.

This animation forms the latest collaborative work from Northampton based artists Jonathan Alibone and Alexander Small, and represents only one aspect of their continuing concern to critically explore the social and cultural significance of sites and their surrounding areas as part of their collaborative practice 'Art ] iculating History'. Through these projects we attempt to locate Art Concepts in Historical Contexts to create new meanings, links and perspectives whilst engaging new audiences.

‘[G]iven the Fishmarket’s proposed demolition, it felt necessary to reflect on our changing urban landscape. The Fishmarket [...] provides an appropriate metaphor for the cyclical nature of history; its rupture and continuity revealed in not only the physical environment, but also in the less tangible realms of religious belief and culture.’




Conceived and produced by Jonathan Alibone and Alexander Small, with invaluable technical support from Mark Walman, director of the Artist Sanctuary.


For more information email jonathanalibone@gmail.com or alexandersmallart@gmail.com


or visit the website


www.articulatinghistory.co.uk

To accompany this opening an illustrated booklet of the sites history has been produced with local Historian and Archaeologist J.Small. The booklet high lights some the sites possible past uses including that of a medieval Synagogue, public house and church.


Excavations - New Collaborative Video

Excavations is a short, digitally animated sequence inspired by historical and archaeological evidence that positions the present Fishmarket above the site of a medieval synagogue in what was once the heart of Northampton's Jewish quarter. 



This animation forms the latest collaborative work from Northampton based artists Jonathan Alibone and Alexander Small, and represents only one aspect of their continuing project to critically explore the social and cultural significance of the site and surrounding area.



'[G]iven the Fishmarket's proposed demolition, it felt necessary to reflect on our changing urban landscape. The Fishmarket [...] provides an appropriate metaphor for the cyclical nature of history; its rupture and continuity revealed in not only the physical environment, but also in the less tangible realms of religious belief and culture.'




Excavations is the first part of their ongoing project Articulating History.

Conceived and produced by Jonathan Alibone and Alexander Small.







16.1.08

Original Canvases available at Saatchi Gallery Saleroom


Original Canvases available at Saatchi Gallery Saleroom!

14.1.08

Art for Sale on Etsy.com





Art for Sale, newly uploaded original and limited edition signed and numbered prints.
Available at my Etsy.com Shop





Unique original Carbon Essence Drawings, two of which have been exhibited in the 'Saatchi Your Gallery Group Show Lost and Found' at the Bricklane Gallery 2007

New Vids

New Vids on Youtube some old sequenced story boards and new recent work