Kerry James Marshall: The Histories is a retrospective exhibition currently on at the Royal Academy in London. The show is large, not only in the number of works on display but also in scale. Marshall‘s paintings reference the size of works he saw when visiting museums as a child. His ambition was to be up […]
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Cosmos, Memory, Scale: Karl Singaporewala at SOAS Gallery. Post 2 of 2.
This solo show at SOAS focuses on Singaporewala‘s explorations of the religion he was brought up in, Zoroastrianism. In this post I look at his interpretation of the Ses, kept by the household for prayer and protection. It consists of four items on a tray: the soparo (sugar container representing the alegorical Mount Hara), pigani […]
Cosmos, Memory, Scale: Karl Singaporewala at SOAS Gallery. Post 1 of 2.
This solo show at SOAS explores the religion Singaporewala was brought up in, Zoroastrianism. I will concentrate in this post on 3 pieces I found quite profound as well as enchanting: Thoughts, Words and Deeds. A core tenet of Zoroastrianism is Humata, Hukhta, Huvarshta: “Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds”. Those who have watched the […]
Encounters: Giacometti and Mona Hatoum. Barbican
This exhibition is the second in a series of three, where contemporary artists engage with the work of Alberto Giacometti. Titled Encounters, they are at the Barbican’s new gallery on level 2. I wrote about the first one in an earlier post which featured Huma Bhabha. This time it is the turn of British-Palestinian artist […]
Jenny Saville at the National Portrait Gallery
The Anatomy of Painting, Jenny Saville‘s retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery was one of the must-see shows of the summer for anyone interested in painting. The exhibition covers her career from early works including this piece below, Propped, one of her graduate show paintings. It was originally displayed opposite a mirror to enable the […]
Artist Rooms: Richard Long at Tate Modern
Richard Long is the current artist at The Artist Rooms at Tate Modern. He’s one of those artists whose work makes me slow down and breathe more slowly, something increasingly necessary in our current times. One of his mud paintings, Waterfall Line, is painted directly onto the gallery wall and exudes an energy that I […]