Category Archives: art

Stewart Lee: The best performance I’ve ever seen

Posted on July 22, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Table Moves, Birmingham Art Gallery, 1985 – Photograph: Judith Ahern ‘I was 16,’ says Stewart Lee, ‘and susceptible.’ It was my schoolfriend Simon Smith, perpetually ahead of the curve, who made me see the then-unknown REM catch fire at a … Continue reading →

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The Broken Vase

Posted on July 3, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

I have just published a new slide-show on Youtube here! The drawings in pencil on a black watercolour ground are inspired by a passage in The Runiad – the epic poem I am writing. Stay with me now. There is … Continue reading →

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ABSTRACTIONS

Posted on May 29, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

To accompany my COLLECTED LONGER POEMS – now published by Grey Suit Editions UK – I am releasing another Heyzine book. This is my collected ABSTRACTIONS Click on the link for a free online copy of this collection of my … Continue reading →

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Cherem – for Palestine

Posted on May 1, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

A new video on Youtube Cherem is a slideshow created with lead pencil on black watercolour.   “Extremist rabbis fool the Jews by citing ancient texts That seek to prove that genocide is sacred if pronounced “Cherem”. Cherem dictates that … Continue reading →

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Art and Anger

Posted on April 4, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

We seem to have entered into a time of lean years. I feel that the horrors of our time cannot be ignored. Seeking to deal with my anxiety in art, I created several slide-show videos using drawings I made with … Continue reading →

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Wittgenstein and Performance

Posted on March 19, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Thank you, Mischa Twitchin, for inviting me to contribute to this fascinating publication.

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FACES AND VASES

Posted on February 12, 2024 by anthonyhowelljournal

Recent developments: drawing in lead pencil over indigo/black paint. Several drawings done with the eyes closed. Erasure on vases done with the eyes closed. The vases are inspired by a line from one of my own poems: the broken vase … Continue reading →

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AS IF IT WERE A BOW – Poems and paintings from Thailand

Posted on December 12, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

AS IF IT WERE A BOW is a Heyzine flipbook. Read it for free. This is the link – https://heyzine.com/flip-book/86a5281b7f.html These poems and paintings were all done on my wonderful trip to Thailand last year – hosted by Bhorani Nissaisorakarn. … Continue reading →

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SAMSON – Suicide Terrorist

Posted on November 10, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

SAMSON – committed suicide in Gaza by bringing the Philistine temple of Dagon down on top of himself, killing everyone in the Temple.  See the Old Testament – Judges 13-16. Click here for  Sampson – suicide terrorist The link takes … Continue reading →

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DURGA

Posted on October 22, 2023 by anthonyhowelljournal

A sculpture of eight-armed ‘Durga Mahishasuramadini’, holding weapons, slaying the demon Mahisasura, emerging out of buffalo. The sculpture dates back to 10th-11th Century CE from the hills of Almora, Uttarakhand & was repatriated from USA in 2018. This is a … Continue reading →

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