Product designer Alicia Patanowska’s work first caught my eye at an open studio event then I saw her turn up again at Design Junction. One of the projects she’s been involved in appealed as it is just so practical. “Plantation” started with her noticing the number of abandoned glasses left outside venues – all those below […]
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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. Email me at info@carolinebanks.co.uk with your name and email to receive a weekly post that only takes 1 minute to read.
Team Lab at Start Art Fair
Tokyo-based art & technology collective Teamlab seem to be everywhere at the moment with their interactive and immersive environments. This installation, Ever Blossoming Life II – Dark, part of a trio with Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders and Flowers & People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together, was at Start Art Fair – they also […]
Flora by Marcin Rusak seen at Future Heritage, Decorex
One of the favourite elements of Decorex for me is Future Heritage where I sometimes see work from makers I first noticed as students, including Sebastian Cox and Tanya Gomez. Marcin Rusak though, was new to me. He comes from generations of horticulturalists and works with the impermanence of flowers. This screen, for example, is composed of resin encased flowers, […]
Aida Silvestri with Roman Road Gallery at Start Art Fair
More issue-based work was presented by Roman Road Gallery, this time on one of the pressing issues of our times, the refugee crisis. This work, Even This Will Pass, by photographer Aida Silvestri, is a moving document of individual journeys made by Eritrean refugees to the UK. I’ve only included a few shots here but visit the site […]
Work by Batia Shani seen at Start Art Fair
If the Tories’ hero gets it then why can’t Cameron’s lot? Tamar Dresdner Art Projects, a pop-up gallery based in Tel Aviv, showed work by Israeli-born artist Batia Shani. Her expressions of anxiety and fear relating to the region’s conflicts are clear for all to see.
Repetition/Variation at Frameless Gallery (downstairs)
Apologies in advance for the photo quality but it was quite dark down there where everything was on the walls. This isn’t a fully comprehensive view by any means. A cut primed canvas composition by Robert Moon Emma McNally, featured in a previous post, showed 5 framed graphite drawings of remarkable subtlety. David Nash, best known for […]
Repetition/Variation at Frameless Gallery (upstairs)
Since seeing their first collaboration I know that any show curated by Joanna Bryant and Julian Page will be worth visiting and I wasn’t disappointed by this one: the first week of two: Repetition/Variation at the intimate and atmospheric Frameless Gallery in Clerkenwell. Presenting a mix of famous, established and new artists, the exhibition encompasses both 2 and 3 […]
Now & Then by Natascha Madeiski & Linnie McLarty
Right next to Frameless Gallery is a tiny exhibition space on the corner of Clerkenwell Green. Ceramist Natascha Madeiski and jeweller Linnie McLarty have combined forces to create a collection of containers, each with their designated yet interchangeable utensils. Initially inspired by the stratification of archaeological digs, this collection is at once immensely usable and aesthetically pleasing. […]
Zoe Bradley and Jamie Fobert Architects at Burlington Arcade
Cutting (hah!) through Burlington Arcade the other day I saw that paper artist Zoe Bradley’s paper flower chandeliers were still up. Her commission was to celebrate the gorgeous new flooring installed as part of ongoing restoration of the arcade. Jamie Fobert Architects created the traditionally inspired yet contemporary design made up of 64,000 pieces of British stone […]
Triangle Studios – Lucy Steggals
Another artist found at Triangle studios is Lucy Steggals who was donating items from a previous project, Mr Eagle, the evening I visited. Record, an account of something, was a year-long project of events taking place in Kent. The document (part of which is below) was again offered to visitors, recording some of the images […]