Author Archives: John B Ledger

Manchester (Stories From Forgotten Space)

24 September 2015 “Michael picks me up early on and we head over to Ossett, a small town sandwiched between Wakefield and Dewsbury; a ligament in the West Yorks conurbation of towns. On the car radio a program speaks of French Electronica, such as the likes of Air – of whom a sample is played.Continue reading “Manchester (Stories From Forgotten Space)”

Somewhere In Yorks… (Stories from Forgotten Space)

“In the village I was raised in, a distant cousin stands across the road, noticeable by the high-vis jacket he’s wearing. Not sure why he’s stood that side of the road, as by crossing that road you literally leave the mining-settlement-overspill I know as home, to face the farmhouses and barns that predate that former,Continue reading “Somewhere In Yorks… (Stories from Forgotten Space)”

Strange Bedfellows

This Friday (2 October) will see the opening event for the Barnsley town centre-based exhibition Strange Bedfellows, consisting of myself, and four very talented artists Terry Brookes, Rory Garforth, Rob Nunns and Elizabeth Sinkova. Here are some photographs of the exhibition after we set it up yesterday. PLEASE COME. Contemporary Gallery, 2-4 The Arcade, BarnsleyContinue reading “Strange Bedfellows”

Short Reflections on ‘Noises From The Wilderness’

Thanks a lot to SW1-Hunter, Gav Roberts, Liz Ferrets and Kevin Titterton for playing at our exhibition last night. I’m not one for overstating things, but the atmosphere there last night was truly something special, with the sounds/words and paintings/drawings all playing off one another. There were certain points in the poet’s’ most pleading momentsContinue reading “Short Reflections on ‘Noises From The Wilderness’”

Reflections on Voices From The Wilderness

Thanks to everybody who came down last night to my and John Wilkinson’s opening of our exhibition Voices From The Wilderness. We both felt it was well attended, and the evening was full of conversations engaging in the subject of the works, and how and why and John Wilkinson’s works potentially work well together. (TheContinue reading “Reflections on Voices From The Wilderness”

The Big Smoke (and mirrors): Stories From Forgotten Space

“I’ve been approaching Leeds by train for years now (for the best part of the lost-decade, starting 2008), and it is the wastelands (especially the unappropriatable bits) that are its saving grace. It says something that the boring central zone obliterates. I change trains towards Manchester, sitting backwards as the train leaves Leeds. Dead feelingsContinue reading “The Big Smoke (and mirrors): Stories From Forgotten Space”

Lost Summers: Stories From Forgotten Space

It doesn’t feel like we’ve had a summer for years now. Climate Change may or may not be making July/August wetter, but this plays only a small factor in the loss of summer, if any at all.  Even when the sun beams down the colour looks faded. The taste is gone. All the more recognisableContinue reading “Lost Summers: Stories From Forgotten Space”

Interviewed for Art Saves Lives International magazine

This gallery contains 7 photos. Originally posted on ASLI MAGAZINE – creating change:Artist John Ledger ? John Ledger, 31 from Yorkshire, United Kingdom is an artist who specialises in fine art and drawing. With a self professed existentialist nature, John continues to search for what he defines as a “breathing space” in order to find the answer to one of life’s big questions “who amContinue reading “Interviewed for Art Saves Lives International magazine”