Pace Gallery opened their new space on Hanover Square with this exhibition, Mark Rothko 1968: Clearing Away. It’s a rare opportunity to see smaller, more intimate works on paper. Rothko specified that his work should be viewed at a distance of 18 inches (45cm). The gallery has laid down ridges on the floor at just […]
One-minute blog of interesting things
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As a working contemporary artist I visit many exhibitions and shows, but sometimes it is the things I see that are part of daily life that capture my interest. My one-minute blog of interesting things reflects the fact that although we are increasingly time-poor, there is creativity all around us.
Theaster Gates: A Clay Sermon at Whitechapel Gallery
It’s a Theaster Gates fest in London beginning this autumn with the Whitechapel Gallery presenting A Clay Sermon while the V&A displays (Slight Intervention #5) then, in 2022, he will design the Serpentine Pavilion. This post deals with A Clay Sermon which covers 3 rooms. As ever, I can only share a few images here. […]
House for a Cellist – Open House London
You know all those little terraced houses we walk past? The ones that look the same throughout the street? Well, Open House lets us visit buildings of all types in London including private houses. I always volunteer to help over the September weekend as enjoy spending a few hours in places I would never normally […]
An Enduring Journey: Paula Rego at Cristea Roberts
More Paula Rego, this time with the focus on prints, as seen in this recent exhibition. Cristea Roberts have a longstanding relationship with the artist and An Enduring Journey gives a career overview so far. Prints (etching, aquatint and lithography) as well as drawings show Rego’s ongoing fascination with storytelling, whether it be fairy tales, […]
Pringle of Scotland X Caroline Banks. Solo exhibition in Mayfair, London
On until the 11th October my solo exhibition, Pringle of Scotland x Caroline Banks at Pringle of Scotland‘s flagship store in Mount Street Mayfair, London consists exclusively of large paintings, many shown for the first time. As featured in Savile Row Style Magazine the show gives an insight into my universe. All paintings are for […]
Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle – Barbican Curve. Post 2 of 2
This exhibition has way too much to include in just one post. I’m looking here at a drawing project undertaken from 1971-1977 by Claudia Andujar and Carlo Zacquini. They brought paper and felt pens inviting the Yanomami who were interested to represent their daily life, myths and rituals. Several artists emerged from this group, producing […]
Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle. Barbican Curve – post 1 of 2
I really didn’t know what to expect in this exhibition at The Barbican Curve. The photography installation of Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle takes up the whole of the space, feeling quite immersive. Andujar’s imagery uses colour filters amongst other photographic techniques to convey the other-worldliness of this community. Her photographs give an idea of […]
Sophie Taeuber Arp at Tate Modern
It’s always interesting to learn more about an artist’s work and this exhibition of Sophie Taeuber Arp at Tate Modern, the first retrospective held in the UK, gives a comprehensive survey of her short career. Respected during her lifetime as one of the foremost modernist artists and designers, she rejected any division between art and […]
Paula Rego at Tate Britain
This retrospective Paula Rego exhibition at Tate Britain only confirmed my admiration for the artist. I have never seen so much of her work in one place and have already booked a return visit. The first piece in the exhibition, “Interrogation” was painted when she was only 15 years old. In it Rego has already […]
Chantal Joffe: Story at Victoria Miro
Not having seen much of Chantal Joffe‘s work in the flesh I was expecting everything to be as large scale as this painting above. I was therefore surprised at the domestic size of the majority of paintings in her exhibition, Story at Victoria Miro. The intimacy of familial relationships was echoed in this use of […]
