'More Joy!' 2023 December 30, 2022BEN COWANMore Joy! A sentiment that I have drawn on for decades, is that we don’t need a near-death experience, to live every day as if it were our last. When...
Private view invitation to my exhibition this weekend in Stratford, new collections, why it's hard to create a tribe and free gin! November 15, 2022BEN COWANWelcome to Ben Cowan's blog - Private view invitation to my exhibition this weekend in Stratford, new collections, why it's hard to create a tribe and free gin!
A rebel with a cause: From Medecins Sans Frontières to a cause closer to home October 26, 2022BEN COWANThis is a strapline used on Medecins Sans Frontières t-shirts for fundraising in the UK. During my numerous missions with MSF in the field, we also had to wear heavily branded MSF...
From the gutter to Ideas Worth Wearing September 9, 2022BEN COWANWe're led to believe that there's a hierarchy in art. You know, fine art - that's the best; mass-produced art - that's no better than advertising; and digital art –...
A Lidl Imitation: Brands and the irony of their subversion July 25, 2022BEN COWANI fell in love with Lidl when I moved back to my home town, Leamington, in 2013. This followed missions to Afghanistan (after the Twin Towers fell) and many African...
The 'Why': What makes us start creating art? June 17, 2022BEN COWANI am so happy to have you with me, especially at the start of this new blogging adventure... I feel that I should start with 'The Why'. Everyone tells me...