John B Ledger

Stories From Time-Locked Space. 2 Illusions of ‘otherness’ – Over The Pennine Horizon Darton-to-Wakefield-to-Mirfield-to-Huddersfield-Manchester-to-Leeds-to-Darton (Northern Rail-to-Grand Central-to-Northern Rail-to-Transpennine Express-to Northern Rail. September 2016. “Today’s Manchester is dominated by the sounds of the trams. They beep, clunk and even scream as they turn on the tracks, in spaces so close to pavements you wonder how they allContinue reading

Fighting for Crumbs, at The World Transformed, Liverpool I was very pleased to be invited to exhibit at The World Transformed, a 4 day festival hosted by Momentum as The Labour Party held their conference, and the leadership election results were announced, in the very same city. It felt great to be taking our exhibition project ‘Fighting ForContinue reading

JD Taylor – Island Story: Journeys Through Unfamiliar Britain

I’ve finally finished reading JD Taylor’s brick of a book ‘Island Story: Journeys Through Unfamiliar Britain’ published by Repeater Books. Admittedly I missed most of the section on Scotland, due to a large pen leak defacing most of the section – but there again, being a visual artist, who carries everything he needs even whenContinue reading “JD Taylor – Island Story: Journeys Through Unfamiliar Britain”

(Stories From Time-locked Space. 1)

Leeds Under Pre-Digital Rain (2016). “Always a higher level of caution in your gait when arriving in Leeds on a Saturday – 52 times a year, not including Xmas and bank holidays – as if I’ve walked over a picket line for piss ups, which is far less unnerving if you have a designated pissContinue reading “(Stories From Time-locked Space. 1)”

Fighting for Crumbs (Art in the Shadow of Neoliberal Britain) – Video Documentary.

This is our video documentary, crafted and produced by Connor Matheson/DEADIDEA Productions. It accompanied our recent exhibition. Please take a look. Thank you for everybody who contributed to our crowdfunder earlier in the year.

Fighting For Crumbs – a Virtual Tour

We were all really pleased with how the works played off one another; a coherence of many preoccupations that made up the reasons for having this exhibition which addressed political pessimism, the age of disbelief, austerity and the overlooked areas of the UK. Whilst John Wilkinson’s paintings addressed the damage done both by once worker-hungryContinue reading “Fighting For Crumbs – a Virtual Tour”

Fighting For Crumbs…

I’ve been involved in setting this project up for the best part of a year… Over the past few years or so I have found a few people who were agreeing with my growing sentiment: That the mood and spirit of this society (global too) was in a deep depression, and that this had toContinue reading “Fighting For Crumbs…”

A Grief That’s Been Gagged and Buried (2016)

I don’t know when you could say such a time began (maybe at some point during the past decade or even earlier?), but I sense we are overdue some grieving time. And that’s because our civilisation (specifically our faith in a capitalist model – one based on exponential growth – to bring well-being and prosperity)Continue reading “A Grief That’s Been Gagged and Buried (2016)”

YOUR Freedom (2016)

YOUR Freedom (95X125cm, mixed media on paper, 2016) ‘YOUR Freedom’ is my latest work, and will feature in the Wakefield Redshed part of the group show Fighting For Crumbs (Art in The Shadow of Neoliberal Britain). Fighting For Crumbs (Art in the Shadow of Neoliberal Britain) is a group of artists from Yorkshire working amidstContinue reading “YOUR Freedom (2016)”

England’s Nervous Breakdown

Lost for words …not strictly, but they are wrapped up in a thick cloud of confusion and contradiction. But I’m putting out there EXACTLY how I’m feeling in the wake of last week’s referendum vote. Is this the nervous breakdown of a country? It’s becoming an unavoidable truth that what I’ve seen happening over theContinue reading “England’s Nervous Breakdown”