My solo exhibition at The Cooper Gallery is still on for exactly another 2 months, and will be open from 10am-4pm except on Sundays. The exhibition is running alongside “Expressing the Walls in My Mind” Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing. In collaboration with artist Tony Wade and with support from Barnsley Civic,Continue reading “Straight A’s, milestone solo exhibition”
Author Archives: John B Ledger
Straight A’s: Anxiety, Anorexia, Alcohol, Ageing and Art
It’s been a while since I posted anything ‘adequate’ on here. In fact I have deleted most of the posts as they were often more incoherent cries for help during the most challenging moments in the last couple of years – far from posts that I valued for any sense of their merit. I haveContinue reading “Straight A’s: Anxiety, Anorexia, Alcohol, Ageing and Art”
It’s finally official…
Straight A’s announcement!
I can finally unveil the books and collaborate album that have been made to mark my upcoming exhibition in January of 2026. For those people who bought them as perks by contributing to my crowdfunder, I will be delivering/sending them asap. But I’m planning to make the rest available on the opening of the exhibition!Continue reading “Straight A’s announcement!”
London, October: in search of meaningful rebeginning
St Pancras to Kings Cross station Walking from St Pancras to Kings Cross, I’m eager not to keep John waiting in the train station bar, but also to not appear out of the sync with the pace of London. There is also an anxiety about ‘getting it right’, not missing another sailing ship. Coming toContinue reading “London, October: in search of meaningful rebeginning”
Releasing my ‘Back to Normalism’ print series
Finally, I’ve developed my ‘Back to Normalism’ print series that I’ve been working on a while. ‘Back to Normalism’ is a series of works that speak of the post-pandemic world, culture, and are my best way of summing up the times we’re in. I am making available a limited number of 20 of each work,Continue reading “Releasing my ‘Back to Normalism’ print series”
Straight A’s book and album crowdfunder
This fundraiser brings together 3 things that mean a hell of a lot to me. Firstly, this is the first opportunity to put together a properly printed book that others can buy and read. The writing is milestone writing for me, it marks something. It is also that this book will mark an upcoming exhibitionContinue reading “Straight A’s book and album crowdfunder”
Straight A’s book AND album fundraiser
I have started a fundraiser for a book and album for my upcoming exhibition, and ongoing project ‘Straight A’s: Anxiety, Anorexia, Alcohol, Ageing and Art’. This project will be a milestone moment in my life as an artist. For this reason I am making a ‘Straight A’s’ book, which will both tell my story and display a selectionContinue reading “Straight A’s book AND album fundraiser”
‘I’m not human anymore’
‘I’m not human anymore’ (2024/25, mixed media on paper, 140x100cm) I am genuinely incredibly happy with this work. Yet, it feels tiny, no matter how big I made it and how shoulder injuries I get making it, the work feels smaller and smaller. My vision no longer has eyes, not in quite the same wayContinue reading “‘I’m not human anymore’”
Downer at the door
It’s creeping in again, it’s such a familiar pattern now. A few social interactions that left an unwelcome aftertaste, alongside too much repetition of habits you now fear will be written on your tombstone (if you get one), and the aftertaste begins to spread to all corners of your skull. Normal habit would be toContinue reading “Downer at the door”
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