Fiona Long Art

The art and musings of Fiona Long, a London based artist.

Archive for October, 2008

What might the archaeology of the future tell us about our civilization today?

Posted: Thursday, October 30th, 2008 @ 2:59 pm in Art, General | 2 Comments »

Early Mesopotamia

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

With our world in such a state of delicate balance, and the way that history repeats itself and civilizations rise and fall, I imagine that our population could become significantly smaller and much more primitive due to some sort of apocalyptic […]

Deutche Postbank Exhibition

Posted: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 @ 2:47 pm in General | 2 Comments »

Bird of Paradise

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

I’m delighted to announce that two of my paintings are being shown in a six month exhibition at Deutche Postbank in the City of London.
There will be a private view of the show on Monday 3rd November from 5.30pm […]

Frieze Art Fair

Posted: Friday, October 17th, 2008 @ 2:39 am in Art, General | No Comments »

Frieze bums

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

Yes it’s Frieze time again! I went today and not surprisingly I’m exhausted now. It’s often described as a cattle market of contemporary art. This is true in a way but it’s also a brilliant way of getting your finger on […]

Draw Cut Tear

Posted: Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 @ 3:22 am in Art, General | 1 Comment »

Draw Cut Tear

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

Today I was a Drawing Marshall! Sounds grand doesn’t it?…does it?….hmm….
Anyway, it was for a wonderful project devised by artist Terry Smith in conjuntion with CCW (Chelsea, Camberwell and Wimbledon….colleges of art) called Draw, Cut, Tear. It was a one […]

Art For Youth 08

Posted: Monday, October 13th, 2008 @ 11:08 pm in Art, General, News | 1 Comment »

art for youth 08

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

The Art for Youth exhibition at the Mall Galleries was another great success this year. It was an honour to be involved and surrounded by such high quality work in an event in aid of such a good cause. […]

The New Saatchi Gallery

Posted: Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 @ 3:36 am in Art, General | No Comments »

I was lucky enough to be invited to go to the new Saatchi Gallery on the day it opened! It was awesome! The collection is a set of Charles Saatchi’s latest aquisitions from China. “The Revolution Continues: New Art From China” My particular favourites were “Love It! Bite It!” a huge city sculpture in the […]

Art For Youth

Posted: Friday, October 3rd, 2008 @ 2:21 am in Art, News | No Comments »

llama man

Originally uploaded by fionalongart.

I’m very happily going to be taking part in Art For Youth again this year, exhibiting five paintings in aid of the wonderful charity UK Youth. Now entering its 21st year, this hugely popular exhibition has so far raised over […]