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22/2/2014

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This week I show photos of books and journals which are near to me at the moment.

I started reading Antony Beevor's 'Berlin' in early January, around the time when I was thinking about applying for the RESIDE residency.
What a complex journey this book took me on. Incredible, what has happened since in Europe.  And what is happening in the Ukraine this weekend.
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Just finished reading this.
About two years ago I read the brilliant biography about Prunella Clough by Frances Spalding.  I was particularly intrigued by how much Spalding managed to disclose about Prunella's inner world. 
She also wrote a 'A Critical Biography' about Stevie Smith, the poet, and this is what I am reading right now, after 'Berlin'.
I am at page 127.  She was born in 1902.
It makes sense. It's good for my painting.

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The following two books are about art in Suffolk. I am currently involved with a research project with Jacquie Utley and Hayley Field, and we are focusing on the process in painting. As part of this inquiry we are also looking at women painters who were based in Suffolk, i.e. Peggy Somerville, Kathleen Walne and Mary Newcomb.
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A heavy public catalog which lists all the oil paintings held in public collections here in Suffolk.
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I love world music and after having been to the Womad festival subscribed to Songlines. Went to see Angelique Kidjo an LoJo at the Barbican in December.
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The other great luxury is reading Sight & Sound.
I don't watch TV but love films.
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Intermittently I read Xavier de Maistre's A Journey around My Room.
What a lovely concept. It works for me.
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What do you read at the moment?
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Emma Cameron link
22/2/2014 05:44:49 am

Have you read 'Novel On Yellow Paper' by Stevie Smith? I haven't read it in years but it saw me through a difficult patch in my twenties - I loved it.

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    CLAUDIA BÖSE,  a painter based in Ipswich, Suffolk.
     
    I construct my paintings through process, led by daily life, history and nature. I hope my ongoing engagement with light, colour and forms creates a new perception.

    I am inspired and guided by the painterly process and its relation to abstraction; the way I handle paint invites an audience to consider my work without prejudice.
    Decisions about when and how I use paint are also strongly guided by my empathy for work which has been created by other women painters.


    I am drawn to regions which could be described as, geographical and psychological borderlands, especially those which have been interpreted throughout history by artists and writers.

    Recently I began working in a new studio based high in the church tower of a modernist church in Ipswich; this is also adjacent to our allotment.
    The very unusual perspective in tandem with attending to plants has already provided a different grounding and enrichment for my work.

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