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Gamblin’ bar room nudes by Alan Dedman

Gamblin’ bar room nudes – is the title of a triptych by Alan Dedman based on miniature, pornographic playing cards which fell from the roof space above his…

Pornucopia by Alan Dedman

Pornucopia is the name of a painting by Alan Dedman. It asserts the moral right of any artist to make work based on erotic or pornographic source material,…

Les Demoiselles by Alan Dedman

When I was a student at the Royal Academy Schools (RAS), we lived in a bijou flat in SW8. After a day’s life-drawing I would come home and…

The Doll’s House by Alan Dedman

Whilst a student at St. Martin’s I had to earn money for living expenses. The first job I got was working at ‘The Doll’s House’, a strip-joint in…

Life-drawing at St. Martins School of Art by Alan Dedman

‘Drawing is the probity of Art’ so Ingres said. All people who study Art in any shape or form will eventually find themselves doing some life drawing or…

Alan Dedman at studio1.1 – review by Leon Kusminsky

An eccentric show by an unknown outsider, ‘Artworks by Alan Dedman at studio 1.1’ asserts a time worn theme – Art should consist of nothing much other than…

The New St. Martin’s lofts …..

Charing Cross Road in central London is still painted red with passing buses. Whilst there, I saw a notice: ‘The New St. Martin’s Lofts’. Advertising yet more ‘luxury…