Group art exhibition Curated by Globalsapiens C.A.D.S. – 7 Smithfield, Sheffield Date: Friday 6th July – 18th July 2012 Bordeline Ballardian is an exhibition of works that questions and observes British society and the psychological effects of technological, social and environmental developments.The word ‘Ballardian’ originates from the works of British novelist, James Graham Ballard andContinue reading “Borderline Ballardian”
Author Archives: John B Ledger
The Mary Rose: we are sinking (installation)
“The (Diamond) jubilee has made the union jack more unavoidable than perhaps any time since the war” Owen Hatherley This installation was for the exhibition Borderline Ballardian, at Creative Arts Development Space, Sheffield. When thinking about the proximity of dystopian forewarnings to the present tense the visuals of fabricated national pride featured very frequently, as aContinue reading “The Mary Rose: we are sinking (installation)”
Borderline Ballardian
Open night Friday 6th July 2012 @ 6pm onwards with live poetry and discussion!Creative Arts Development Space 7 Smithfield, St Vincents, Shalesmoor, S3 7AR Sheffield, United Kingdom “It is the psychological effects of technological, social and environmental developments I am interested in.” JG Ballard To question the environment around us, to take a step backContinue reading “Borderline Ballardian”
Miles away
Traces of a genuine article seem to generate the emotions that the genuine article used to generate but cannot any longer. “If you can see your friend through this tiny lense, then you know that there’s no way home” Touch and Go, John Foxx. Now the world-wide-web has finally encroached (via laptop) upon the territoriesContinue reading “Miles away”
Daft Punk, Discovery: late dreams of a capitalist hyperreal utopia
About half a year ago I wrote about how two different albums by the band Primal Scream ‘are actually the same record, just flip-sides’ (or more like the contents of the first album had been brutally emptied out creating a nightmarish inversion that guided the second album). However, when it was written the first albumContinue reading “Daft Punk, Discovery: late dreams of a capitalist hyperreal utopia”
Exhibition in Austria
New International Art Exhibition with works by Jann Haworth, Saskia de Boer, Liz Atkin, Kevin Harrison, Virgilius Moldovan, Alun Jury, Alan Russell-Cowan, John Ledger. Opening Sunday 13th May from 1500 Uhr. Continues till June 24thNicholas Treadwell GalleryKirchengasse 4; A – 4160 AIGEN; AUSTRIA; Tel: +43 (0) 7281 20000 or Mobile: +43 (0)664 3449543http://www.superhumanism.eu/ We AreContinue reading “Exhibition in Austria”
A REVIEW OF MY ART@ HEARTBEAT GALLERY: Nick Birkhead
http://heartbeatgallery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/john-ledger-cycle-of-destruction-dating.html By Nick Birkhead I suggest that Ledger’s work owes something to the fantastical Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). Specifically, the Garden of Earthly Delights comes to mind, with its lush depiction of organic sin. The world famous and brilliant forerunner of surrealism was, in his day, unique and radically different. Today Bosch’s work could not beContinue reading “A REVIEW OF MY ART@ HEARTBEAT GALLERY: Nick Birkhead”
John Ledger/Lee Gascoyne @ Heartbeat Gallery – a virtual tour
Images from my and Lee Gasgoyne’s exhibition at Heartbeat gallery, Sheffield, April/May 2012John Ledger Lee Gasgoyne
The Democratic Umbrella
The Democratic Umbrella – 2012, biro on paper, 100x130cm
“I wanted to know the exact dimensions of hell”
Why Eating disorders are caused by the totality of global capitalism, not just advertising The distorted perception of my body that occurs often when I catch a glimpse of my image reflection in a window, always drags me backwards, drags me toward my teenage years; the existential fears of those years. Once here I amContinue reading ““I wanted to know the exact dimensions of hell””
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