Making and Meaning
What is the relationship between an artist’s creative practice and the meaning of a work of art? There is a long tradition in Western society…
Jim Watkins was the assistant editor and a regular contributor at Transpositions. Originally, Jim is from southern California and southeastern Texas, but sometimes he feels most at home in the landscape and coffee shops of the Pacific Northwest. He met his wife Emily at Wheaton College in Illinois, where he studied Studio Art (concentration in painting). For his PhD research, he is examining the relationship between divine and human creativity from the perspective of divine kenosis.
What is the relationship between an artist’s creative practice and the meaning of a work of art? There is a long tradition in Western society…
For these featured artist posts I normally try to produce a few words that introduce and throw some light on the artist’s work. Today,…
On 21 July of this year, Edinburgh based sculptor David Mach temporarily installed the first of four ‘Coat Hanger Crucifixions’ outside of St Giles…
Mary writes of her own work: I made my first 3-D collage 26 years ago. Since that time my work has grown in size,…
Noonday Films is an independent film company committed to producing true stories that challenge oppressive social realities and bring hope that peace and love…
Many of David’s sculptures, such as the one shown in the header, invoke the weightiness and density of the materials he uses. He suspends…
You have to find what you must obey, artistically; and finding it is finding that which exists in relation to more than your will…