Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveIn defence of the hairy line in drawings and sketchesIn drawing, ‘hairy lines’ are generally considered ‘finished’ lines but that have not been resolved in certainty. A result of going back…4 min read·Apr 5, 2021--1--1
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveLearning how to draw by looking at Albert Oehlen’s ‘bad’ paintingsFor three months now, I’ve led a Zoom-based drawing class called Everybody Draw. Each week, participants are shown how we can tackle the…3 min read·Jun 18, 2020----
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveAnchored and present: contemporary art that’s always openWithout being in what you might consider a very cultural area, my house is within two miles from two different Lawrence Weiner works in…4 min read·Jun 9, 2020----
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveGetting lost and missing bits: looking for the Old Bridge and finding ourselvesIt seems that Walter J. Hall, painter of Bury Art Museum’s Old Blackford Bridge, has not yet been written in to art history. Indeed it is…3 min read·May 22, 2020----
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveMoving freely, passing the time: Paul Klee and imaginary walksWalking and drawing are two things we can do to allow us to ignore our screens for a while, to escape from the news, or to enjoy the…5 min read·May 12, 2020----
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveTo the studio: painting the informal everydayThis week Antone Martinho-Truswell, the Dean and Head of House at St Paul’s College at the University of Sydney, published an article that…6 min read·May 1, 2020----
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveMirrors for the mind: boring runs and Rothko paintingsPounding the pavement through suburbia, the mind wanders. I’ve run this route countless times and so, with attention diverted from the…5 min read·Apr 23, 2020----
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveStrikes at Time and the magic of tungstenStrikes at Time is an installation with 2 channel video projection and audio. The work weaves together found text from a worker’s diary…4 min read·Apr 16, 2020----
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveStories told by walking: sculpture trails and the Bayeux TapestryLikely interpreted from first hand accounts, and crafted at the time of the Northern Conquest that it depicts, the Bayeux Tapestry stands…4 min read·Apr 9, 2020----
Neil GreenhalghinUX CollectiveLines made by walking: Richard Long and desire pathsThrough a characterless field in 1967, Richard Long made the first of many works created by walking back and forth in a straight line…4 min read·Apr 1, 2020----