We asked the winner of last year’s prize, Paul Rooney a few impertinent questions! Not only did he indulge us, he did so over the Christmas holidays too. Paul how did it feel to be included in the shortlist for the Northern Art Prize in 2008? It was very flattering of course and it was [...]
Last night Maria Balshaw from the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester coaxed Pavel Buchler to share some of his views on his practice, prizes, democracy and opportunities for artists. What on earth possessed you to nominate me?’ As director of the Whitworth, Maria is responsible for the nomination of Pavel for the Northern Art Prize, [...]
Last night a good crowd came along to hear Ian Crowe and Nick Rawlinson talk about their work together. They discussed how they have worked together collaboratively since the early 90′s and shared a studio space in the early years, but until this year had their own individual practices. For them this created a ‘three’ [...]
