The work of Florence Peake at Bosse and Baum, a gallery in Peckham visited recently, surprised me as I hadn’t realised that it was a continuation and development of her earlier 2015 performance piece The Keeners at Space studios . Alexandra Warder and Lana Churchill, co-founders of Bosse and Baum encouraged the artist to exhibit […]
Artists
Svenja Deininger
What is it about Svenja Deininger’s work that I love so much? I could give you a list of elements but that still wouldn’t explain it. I discovered this Viennese painter at the Marianne Boesky gallery in New York and was smitten. This one looks like patched and stitched leather Look at the little details […]
Bosco Sodi and other Mexican artists at Blain|Southern London
It’s always worth seeing what Blain|Southern’s gallery space is showing at any particular time and these two exhibitions have much to recommend them. Bosco Sodi’s wall and floor pieces deal with elemental material: earth and clay with eloquent simplicity And no, this isn’t a weird camera angle, the stack is not perpendicular to the painting or the […]
Line by Atopia at Walmer House, Regent Street, London
I was walking down Regent Street the other day and caught sight of this. Retracing my steps to look more closely the camera just had to come out. Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier (collectively known as Atopia) created this 20m long piece, Line, for the Portland stone entrance to Walmer House. It is derived from the […]
Tom Otterness: art on New York’s subway
I really wasn’t expecting to find this whilst waiting for a train at 14th Street on a recent visit to New York. What a delight to see these narratives by Tom Otterness around my platform. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Transport Agency, Life Underground consists of various scenes, a few of which are shown here. Oh […]
Klimt/Schiele at the Royal Academy
I discovered the work of Egon Schiele at the age of 16 and remain staggered by the power of his work. This exhibition of his drawings at the Royal Academy, along with those of Gustav Klimt, is a rare treat. I’ve seen his powerful, sometimes disturbing portraits before but these tender drawings of a mother […]