On at the moment, The London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre in Islington is always worth visiting to see and buy a broad range of 20th century and contemporary art. Some of the pieces that attracted my attention are below. The selection on show ranges from work by Leigh Davis and Peter Lanyon […]
Artists
Young Gods at the Griffin Gallery
The Griffin Gallery in west London is one of two locations for this show, the other being Charlie Smith London in Old Street, Shoreditch. Zavier Ellis curated Young Gods, a selection, in his opinion, of the best fine art graduates from London art schools in 2014. The following artists intrigued me: Gabriele Dini’s hive sculpture, so […]
Anthony Gormley at Greenwich
Quantum Cloud, a sculpture by Anthony Gormley inspired by quantum physics, was resplendent in the winter sun when we walked past it over the Christmas break. His ever-present human form is just discernible within the buzzing mass of lines. I was really surprised to learn that this piece is taller at 30 metres than the Angel of […]
Walead Beshty at The Barbican Curve
A Partial Disassembling of an Invention without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels Are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench. Phew, that’s the longest exhibition title I’ve ever written and is taken from a 1979 lecture by avant-garde film-maker, photographer & writer Hollis Frampton Walead Beshty has produced […]
Daryl Brown at Lubomirov-Easton Gallery
My first visit to Lubomirov-Easton in Deptford on a cold night revealed the work of Daryl Brown who has recently completed a residency here. This is his composite wood and acrylic sculpture, “Hummingbird” which, from some angles, looked as if it was lit inside. Daryl’s aim here was how to inhabit the space. The piece below, taking […]
Olafur Eliasson at Tate Britain
I know, I know, I’ve already done a post on this but was dumbstruck when I saw the actual work so here are more photos, this time mine. The colours and experience were much more intense than I’d expected – real catch your breath stuff. The show is on till 25th January in the Clore […]