In this second post of the Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition at Tate Modern, I look at some of the later works. It’s the layering, the space created with her mark-making, that fascinates me. You can feel the rhythm of movement, the pace of song and dance in these linear Awely paintings from 1993 onwards. And […]
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Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern. Post 1 of 2.
This show at Tate Modern was a real surprise to me as it exceeded any expectations I might have had. I’m glad I kept away from previous information as wanted to come to it fresh. Emily Kam Kngwarray is now rightly celebrated as being a significant 20th Century artist. She was fortunately able to enjoy […]
Giacometti at Tate Modern The Tanks
Regular readers will know that I’m a fan of Alberto Giacometti so I was delighted to come upon a small exhibition of his sculptures in The Tanks at Tate Modern. The figures are post Second World War, communicating a feeling of frailty and isolation in what we recognise as his signature style. He apparently tried […]
Visiting Canada House, London
I’ve often visited the Canada House Gallery as it’s just opposite the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing entrance but had never been inside Canada House itself so I leapt at the chance when a friend invited me to join her for a building tour. Upon entering you see the accustomed grand hallway, though the current entrance […]
The Story of Fixity: Noémie Goudal with Artangel at Borough Yards, London.
The Story of Fixity by Noémie Goudal was a recent Artangel project at Borough Yards near London Bridge. I shared her video work, Supra Strata seen at White Cube, in an earlier post, so was keen to see this installation. This time there were projections on 3 large screens, each made of shaped boards as […]
Brice Marden prints at Gagosian, London
Given my interest in calligraphic mark-making you can probably see what attracted me to these works by Brice Marden at Gagosian in Burlington Arcade, London. Marden was influenced by Chinese calligraphy and made the original marks with sticks. His inspiration for this series was a Song dynasty verse, “Seven-character Poem (besotted by Flower Vapours)” by […]
Ram Samocha: Abstract Space at Lewisham Arthouse, London
Ram Samocha is probably best known for creating Draw to Perform, a community of performative drawing artists. Indeed I first came across him over a weekend of performance and participatory mark-making several years ago. This solo exhibition, Abstract Space, at Lewisham Arthouse, consists of black and white works on paper. Given world events over the […]
Cristina Iglesias: The Shore at Hauser & Wirth, London
I am a fan of Cristina Iglesia and have featured her work in a previous blog post so was keen to see this new show, The Shore, at Hauser & Wirth in London’s Savile Row. As much of her sculpture is in public spaces It was interesting to see smaller pieces. Their scale is more […]
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories at the Royal Academy. Post 2 of 2.
More about the Kerry James Marshall: The Histories, his retrospective at the Royal Academy in London. Note the multiple techniques used in Terra Incognita and Baptist, both from 1992. Evoking the Middle Passage, Marshall weaves in references to African and American history, as in Great America (see my previous post). Here is the barbershop once […]
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories at the Royal Academy. Post 1 of 2.
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories is a retrospective exhibition currently on at the Royal Academy in London. The show is large, not only in the number of works on display but also in scale. Marshall‘s paintings reference the size of works he saw when visiting museums as a child. His ambition was to be up […]