Heart to Heart by Yin Xiuzhen is currently on at the Hayward Gallery, part of London’s South Bank Centre. I was interested to see it as I have myself experienced the rapid urban development in the artist’s homeland, China. This installation of an airport luggage carousel greets you on entry with models of different cities […]
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Matt Collishaw: Aftermaths at The Long Now, Saatchi Gallery
Another work that impressed me in The Long Now at Saatchi Gallery was Aftermaths by Matt Collishaw. The imagining of a dystopian underwater world, the result of unintended consequences of our actions: environmental pollution, overconsumption, AI, genetic engineering… Strange creatures have evolved, mutants of existing forms escaped from labs or developed in response to pollutants […]
The Long Now: Richard Wilson’s 20:50 at Saatchi Gallery London
The Long Now, an exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Saatchi Gallery is on till the 26th of April. One of the highlights for me was Richard Wilson’s 20:50. I had heard about this piece when it was first exhibited but had never experienced it in real life till now. First a description. The room […]
After Glow: James Turrell
This was a small exhibition of prints by James Turrell at the Gagosian gallery in Burlington Arcade. The Roden Crater is a volcanic crater out in the Painted Desert of Arizona bought by Turrell back in the 1970s and turned into a massive land-art site to experience and contemplate light. The architectural drawings on show […]
The Moon Palace
I popped in to the Royal Academy during Spring half-term and discovered this in the courtyard. The Moon Palace is a former school bus converted into a fully functioning observatory for budding scientists of all ages. It was created for the East Leeds Project by artists Heather Peak and Ivan Morison in partnership with the […]
In the air a memory: Jessica Rankin at White Cube Mason’s Yard
I hadn’t expected to find so many resonances with my own work, both thematically and visually when visiting this recent exhibition of Jessica Rankin at White Cube Mason’s Yard in London. This new body of work is inspired by the “unity of creation and destruction… cellular and cosmological scales of movement and connect the act […]
Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern. Post 2 of 2.
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 […]
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 […]