Previously featured on this blog, the church of St Stephen Walbrook is not only the founding site of The Samaritans, it also hosts art exhibitions including this recent one, Exiles by Italian photographer Matilde Damele, curated by Joanna Bryant and Julian Page. Specialising in street photography, she was exiled from a life in New York […]
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.
La Sainte Chapelle, Paris
Every time I visit La Sainte Chapelle in Paris I am staggered by the craftsmanship required in its creation and the sheer intensity of the experience. Hidden away behind the Palais de Justice and up a narrow stone staircase you arrive to this 13th Century marvel. Turn around and this is the other view that […]
Fiction at Bold Tendencies, Peckham, London
Bold Tendencies, the rooftop location in Peckham, has spectacular views of London but the reason to visit is the arts venue (& cafe ). The current installation, Fiction, immerses the visitor into an unsettling world as I hope some of these photos taken at night show. The list isn’t comprehensive – there is plenty more […]
Olafur Eliasson at Tate Modern
It’s inevitable that I’d post about Olafur Eliasson, one of my favourite contemporary artists, especially as his exhibition In Real Life, currently at Tate Modern is one of the blockbusters of the year. I missed experiencing his seminal Turbine Hall Weather Project in 2003 as I was living in India so, apart from the occasional […]
Dóra Maurer at Tate Modern
I have to confess that I had never heard of Hungarian artist Dóra Maurer till I visited her exhibition at Tate Modern. Born in 1937, most of her creative life took place under communism which wasn’t exactly a favourable environment for conceptual art. Much of her work is concerned with process: KV’s 1st of May […]
New work by Steve McPherson at The Other Art Fair
Steve McPherson is a regular exhibitor at The Other Art Fair with his marine art pictures and has been collecting the plastic debris washed up on his local beach for over ten years, recording his findings as an archaeologist/treasure hunter/collector. Ahead of the next The Other Art Fair in October I wanted to show some […]
The Vessel and the Shed at Hudson’s Yard, New York
As it had only recently opened to the public back in early May, I wanted to visit Hudson’s Yard to see what all the fuss was about. Well, firstly it’s a huge corporate development with The Vessel designed by Thomas Heatherwick Studio (which isn’t small) dwarfed by the buildings around it. I liked the reflections […]
Ed Moses & Qin Feng at Blain|Southern London
The West influenced by the East and vice-versa. It’s a truism as of course we’re inevitably influenced by others, evident in this exhibition of artists from two different cultures (and generations) with an affinity of concerns. Both Ed Moses and Qin Feng have a connection to abstract expressionism and a shared fascination with the gesture. […]
The Ollerod Hotel
I haven’t done a hotel visit for a while and this one was almost accidental. As part of ArtCan I’m participating in Wanderlust, a group show currently held in the public spaces of The Ollerod, a 4 star boutique hotel run by Chris Staines and Sylvana Bandini. More accurately a restaurant with 14 rooms, it’s […]
Helene Schjerfbeck at the Royal Academy
Well, it’s been a long time coming but the work of Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck can finally be seen in the UK at the Royal Academy in London. I was struck by the stillness and spareness of her paintings. The portrait below from 1907 is, in fact, called Silence. Self portraits form an entire room […]
