I’ve been an admirer of Rod’s work for a while as there are resonances between his and mine so was delighted to see his show at Le Meridien hotel in Piccadilly. Caiger Contemporary Art are currently gallery-in-residence there and, as Rod is one of their artists, it made sense for his work to be displayed on […]
The Hoxton Hotel, Holborn
I hardly ever actually stay over in a London hotel but do like to visit them (it’s part of the consultancy work I do) so, continuing my occasional series on London hotels, here’s one I personally felt really comfortable in. You know how brands aim to appeal to a certain demographic? Well, much as I object […]
Made London at Mary Ward House – part 2 of 2
Part 2 is all about ceramics, all very different. Elizabeth Renton showed mid-Century style cups and jugs with appealing tactile finishes and soft glazes. Jin Eui Kim, already featured in a previous post, continues his optical explorations using 18 shades of colour. In stark contrast to both of them, Judith Davies showed strangely mesmeric “Touchstones” with the effect of […]
The quintessentially Spring phenomenon of the bluebell wood
Ah! You can always tell that Spring is well underway with a visit to a bluebell wood. I was a little early this year but the experience wasn’t diminished and the scent heavenly. The English bluebell is under threat from the larger, less delicate Spanish version which has overrun London including my garden. I can’t even […]
Jessica Carlisle Gallery – The Missing: Rebuilding the Past
This exhibition held at the recently opened Jessica Carlisle Gallery presents a variety of artistic responses to the acts of iconoclasm carried out by so-called Islamic State ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Curator Erin Thompson, Professor of Art Crime at the City University of New York, has gathered a collection of artists and scholars to […]
Visible Traces at Frameless Gallery 1 of 2
I never miss an exhibition curated by Joanna Bryant and Julian Page as, apart from invariably seeing good work, I always learn something new. Jayne Wilton’s explorations around the visibility of breath: inhalation and exhalation have been featured here before. Here the emphasis is on the inhaling of air, developed in glass. Robinson & McMahon’s painterly concerns […]