Love Libraries - Streatham Postcard Exhibition

The aftermath of conversation - Ed Arantus

It's been a Wish You Were Here moment this month. With the girls off school I've been able to grab a few moments to enter some exhibitions again. I wont bore you with life stories nor the history which puts at this spot in time. Easter holidays always come at just the right time and a trip down to the seaside has inspired me to enter two new exhibitions.

Being part of the postcard sized 'A Book about Death' last year in Wales has given me the confidence to try both these new exhibitions. The Art of Caring is a large, 250 artworks, postcard exhibition at The Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames from 12th -16th May 2015. While the Love Libraries postcard exhibition is at Streatham Tate Library 63 Streatham High Road London SW16 1PN later this year. I chose the same image 'The aftermath of conversation' for both exhibitions.

Have a happy Easter,
Ed

Postcard Death - Sonja Benskin Mesher

'Tates- 1' - Ed Arantus

There's a man who comes round maybe every one or two months.
His name is Keith and he used to be a policeman, a detective I think.
He knows I like art and he hands me his old Tate and Royal Academy magazines.
It's the nearest some of us get to a gallery.
Over the past year I've started to cut them up and make more Art.
It seems the way it should be.

I've just sent off one to Sonja Benskin Mesher in Wales.
She's asked for a postcard size artwork 4 x 6 inches based on the theme of Death.
An online “live” archive will record the work and other details of the exhibition as the works come in. Hopefully my offering might make its way into....

A Book about Death

A world wide phenomenon which began in New York with Mathew Rose, artists are invited to create a page in the form of a postcard about death.

The exhibition runs from October 18th to November 15th 2014 at The Royal Cambrian Academy ABAD.