Author Archives: John B Ledger

‘Endure the Night of this World’

‘Endure the Night of this World’ (2021, mixed media on paper) ‘Endure the Night of this World’ (mixed media on paper, 2021). The first project I’ve really undertaken in 2021, apart from the overlapping ones from 2020, is carefully balanced on what could be seen as despair, but purposely pulls back from it – IContinue reading “‘Endure the Night of this World’”

‘After The Sugar Rush/Living Your Life’ – scenes from ‘Wall, i’ (2019)’

This was meant to be a Facebook post, so, now I’m no longer appealing to my imagined Facebook audience, but my imagined blog one, I apologise for the overtly ‘lol’ nature of this post. Maybe I should stop trying to appeal to everyone, but there again I am a condemned fool to the pursuit ofContinue reading “‘After The Sugar Rush/Living Your Life’ – scenes from ‘Wall, i’ (2019)’”

One off map book print for art auction

I recently helped set up an art auction for a charity set up helping people rough sleeping, and generally in the most difficult of circumstances in my home town (Barnsley). I contacted Barnsley Rough Sleepers Project, and then, alongside over 20 artists, who are either based in Barnsley, or have strong connections with it, IContinue reading “One off map book print for art auction”

2020 in artwork

I think I’ve certainly run out of steam for this year now. So I wanted to reflect on the works I’ve made.  I started 2020 a little burnt out from a year long film project I’d undertook during the completion of the my Masters. I thought it was brought so much to a point ofContinue reading “2020 in artwork”

Vaccine 2.0

My most recent work ‘Vaccine 2.0’. I see the work as sort of a character intoxicated with an awareness of the troubles that embroil them, but also intoxicated with the ‘sad passions’ caused by disempowerment to the point of being far keen on petty vengeance. In this way it is meant to be a wayContinue reading “Vaccine 2.0”

Art Auction for Barnsley Rough Sleepers Project

I’m really pleased that I’m contributing a one off work, a map/book print ‘THE LONG NIGHT OF A NEEDLESS STORM’ to an Art Auction for Barnsley Rough Sleepers Project, an auction which begins this Monday (30th November) and ends on Saturday the 6th December. All in all there’s over 20 Barnsley based/linked artists contributing toContinue reading “Art Auction for Barnsley Rough Sleepers Project”

‘Entrepreneurial Science’ by Yarden Katz

I’m pleased to say that my 2011 installation ‘Achieving Things and Getting Things Done’ has been used as the image for Yarden Katz’s paper ‘Entrepreneurial Science’ for the editorial ‘Political Concepts’. The installation was part of a show I did with Mikk Murray and Jade Lauren (two Sheffield-based artists) right back in the heated summerContinue reading “‘Entrepreneurial Science’ by Yarden Katz”

‘When they came for me I Felt Nothing…’

‘When they came for me I Felt Nothing…’ (2020, mixed media on paper) It Wasn’t the best day to put aside to photo-document my new work (lighting is terrible), but anyway… If I’m to condense this work into one subject, ‘‘When they came for me I Felt Nothing…’ ’ is about an experience of desensitisation,Continue reading “‘When they came for me I Felt Nothing…’”

Limited edition map books

Finally got around to getting these done! I’ve been trying to work out a way of making my work own able for years. I’ve always found selling originals problematic; not only does it sometimes seem counterproductive to sell something I have spent 3 months developing, and then have nothing to exhibit, it also doesn’t makeContinue reading “Limited edition map books”