Eelco Maan, in conversation with Jan Woodward, summer 2021. Artist Norman Bluhm described the fusing or hybridisation of works between poet and artist as a “conversation” between disciplines. In what other ways would you describe the relationship between poetry and art and how has this affected your own art, if at all? In his book […]
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“My art embodies the qualities that differentiate a line of poetry from a line of prose” – Joan Mitchell, Art News, 1957
“My art embodies the qualities that differentiate a line of poetry from a line of prose” Joan Mitchell, Art News, 1957 As the first cover ever to be printed by the Novel Hovel Press shows a painting by a contemporary lyrical abstract artist for our collection 52 Weeks, we thought we would look at […]
What can we chant now to lift the dark?
There are many important things that can help a poet continue to write poetry at any age, but encouragement and opportunity come top of the list. As a teenager often a typical school environment in the UK can seem hostile to anyone whose interests are a little different. I was often seen at school as […]
