myblog | Alan Powdrill | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/18038972/activity/ Activity feed for Alan Powdrill. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:51:51 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 c4a75f28514b549c2acc6cdfd2b210bb Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1884 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:32:49 +0000 From 1925 to 1934 pioneering photographer Alfred Stieglitz produced a body of work called ‘Equivalents’, a series of cloudscapes that are widely recognised as the first abstract art photographs.  Art critic Andy […]

]]> 0 bbaf8182e997c49b93c569496f8fbc52 Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1879 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:13:39 +0000 hIn March 2020 all sport in the UK was stopped, along with much of normal life.  Hackney Marshes in east London has one of the biggest concentrations of municipal football pitches in Europe. Organised football […]

]]> 0 fd9b2b69569e18b310dc96c932613acf Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1826 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:14:41 +0000 A series of sketches inspired by the Nick Cave song ‘Red Right Hand’.

]]> 0 44f545f335ff7e5c68bd3483c0afa05c Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1819 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:10:06 +0000 During lockdown I began a series of paintings of strangers, no one I know or had ever seen or met before. Imaginary personalities began to form, sometimes I even imagined names, places and families they belonged […]

]]> 0 5b890d0c0477126e19813c14256c3cac Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1809 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:41:03 +0000 During lockdown I photographed a fundraiser trying to raise money for the NHS. Having spent months indoors in nothing but sweatpants and t-shirts, locals were happy to get ‘dressed up’ for a good cause. The […]

]]> 0 c706b0fef3d6b39fb391f9ab7087612d Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1792 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:31:58 +0000

]]> 0 1dbf0ed5bbf85e6ab1ece9a12190c6e1 Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1782 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:26:04 +0000 Cookhouse installation view 2020

]]> 0 775706667f9dcd3e9688a51484344f02 Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1763 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:11:00 +0000 In thousands of years from now archaeologist’s may find human remains in positions similar to the people who I photographed around London during Unit 2. Our obsession with handheld smartphones is now so acute t […]

]]> 0 f7985c86e76fc0f29dde6c661f6d2b74 Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1750 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 14:22:44 +0000 Hackney in east London has a long history of multi culturalism and diversity as well as being one of the most economically challenged areas in the UK. There is a high number of deprived areas and council housing […]

]]> 0 fe5380e2ac1e67252269c0787d559254 Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1732 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 13:16:02 +0000 According to research, 2.2 trillion photographs were taken in 2019. Producing a photographic image or film clip has never been easier or accessible to as many people on the planet. What does our insatiable need […]

]]> 0 e9c5e419648ec6b239855e5b8221d9a5 Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1725 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 13:10:44 +0000 We now occupy a very uncertain world on may levels and for many reasons. This is intensely highlighted when looking at the political leaders that now hold power. The rise of the right wing echoes recent history […]

]]> 0 1bd925b25254f5a3bb57636a693a0194 Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1112 Wed, 03 Jun 2020 10:36:29 +0000 Paul by Alan Powdrill 2020 Oil on canvas

During lockdown I’ve become interested in hiding identity and what happens when it’s disguised, destroyed or covered up.  Taking the painted portrait as a starting poin […]

]]> 0 9b8a88bcec1ed79980eaedf1cb6837f9 Alan Powdrill wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times https://extraordinarytimes.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1107 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 15:03:54 +0000 DRIFT May 2020 Alan Powdrill

submerge. drift. discard. pollute. wash. flow. spin. cycle. stream. infect. sully. poison. disease. sickness. infection. flood. channel. estuary. trench. ablution. scrub. rinse.

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