This blog is about things I find interesting: mostly exhibitions but also places. The cathedral of Notre Dame de Strasbourg is one such place. Sites of worship fascinate me as they are such repositories of positive energy; I can feel it as soon as I enter. At my first visit to the city I was […]
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.
Serge Saunière & Jean-Pierre Bréchet at Galerie Akié Arichi Paris
I was very grateful that the gallerist Akié Arichi let me take these quick photos before the private view of this exhibition when I came across it on a recent trip to Paris. L’Ecriture et la Peinture is a pairing of two very different artists who both use ink, acrylic and paper. Serge Saunière‘s work […]
Sosa Joseph. Pennungal: Lives of women and girls at David Zwirner, London
Pennungal: Lives of women and girls is the first solo London show by Keralan artist Sosa Joseph, currently at David Zwirner London. Frequently called God’s own country because of its beauty, this part of India can seem idyllic but dark currents lie beneath. Joseph paints memories from growing up in Kerala (one of the most […]
Anthony McCall: Solid Light at Tate Modern
This exhibition at Tate Modern contains a handful of pieces by Anthony McCall who creates “solid light” artworks blurring the boundaries of sculpture, cinema and drawing. There is a magical quality to these light sculptures which you want to see from the inside as well as from outside. Their combination of transparency and solidity encourages […]
Remember making shadow shapes with your hands?
Ricochets, the current show by Francis Alÿs at the Barbican, deals with the concept of play worldwide. In addition to videos and small paintings (see my previous blog post) is a section upstairs on the history of play as well as a couple of spaces to experiment in. Do you remember making shadow shapes when […]
Ricochets: Francis Alÿs at The Barbican
As Einstein famously said: “play is the highest form of research.” Play is how we learn about life and is, in fact part of my art practice. Francis Alÿs explores the importance and ubiquity of play worldwide in Ricochets, the current exhibition at the Barbican. Watch videos of games in different countries. Some are easily […]
Al Held at White Cube Bermondsey
Hard-edged geometric painting isn’t something I normally go for. These blog posts however, are about things I find interesting and my curiosity was piqued by this exhibition of Al Held’s work at White Cube Bermondsey. Seeing this felt like looking at a puzzle. I enjoyed discovering what seemed to me to be mathematical twists. Was […]
Miss La La – the person in that painting by Degas.
The National Gallery in London puts on fascinating shows giving context and background to some of its paintings. Degas and Miss La La is one of those exhibitions and is free to visit. I’ve seen this painting many times and had never really thought about who the subject was (not even that she was a […]
Zachary Eastwood-Bloom: Rewired at Pangolin London
Zachary Eastwood-Bloom: Rewired is an exhibition of mainly new work produced in response to the end of life and death of the artist’s father who was himself an artist. The show opens with these two pages found folded together among Eastwood-Bloom’s late father’s possessions. Norman Eastwood’s beautiful handwriting about abstraction sits next to drawings which […]
The Last Caravaggio at the National Gallery, London
Caravaggio‘s tightly cropped scenes and dramatic lighting are cinematic catmint, influencing many film makers including Derek Jarman and Martin Scorsese. The Last Caravaggio, a recent exhibition at the National Gallery in London, showed “The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula”, his last painting, dated 1610. A very dark, almost monochrome piece, it captures the moment the arrow […]
