This was a real surprise: I had arranged to meet an artist friend for a late Friday evening at the British Museum suggesting a visit to the Drawing Room as the exhibition Germany divided: Baselitz and his generation is currently showing & runs till 31st August. I’m not a massive fan of Georg Baselitz but his […]
Artists
My work at Fiumano Fine Art at the Affordable Art Fair Battersea 13th – 16th March
I have never written about my own work here but am making an exception as Fiumano Fine Art will be showing pieces from my current work for the first time at The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea (Stand J11). I delivered framed and unframed pieces to the gallery a few hours before writing this and […]
Claire Burke at Wimbledon Studios
Claire Burke’s abstracts invite you to pause and take time. Her minimalist yet lush panels of gold and silver leaf on gesso shimmer and glow; I literally felt my shoulders drop as I contemplated them. The cubes are a recent development and very satisfying to hold. I’d like to see them even bigger. She keeps the […]
Vaughn Horsman at Wimbledon Art Studios
The Wimbledon Art Studios open event, part of the standard December pre-Christmas calendar, is a great way to see a lot of art in a very condensed time span and in one place (down a back street next to a car park). One of the first studios I went into was Vaughn Horsman who, funnily […]
Covariance, part of the Superposition conversation series
This one-off installation in the ice wells of the London Canal Museum was an immersive experience. I’m not very good with heights/depths but managed to deal with the 2-level descent by ladder (with obligatory hard hat and strong footwear) to access the underground space, normally closed to the public, for this show, a collaboration between […]
Recent work by Jessica Zoob
Jessica Zoob’s work is featured at Decorex this year and she has also a current show with the Loughran Gallery in London where I saw some of these. With her background in scene painting she’s used to working on a large scale. I always love the experience of immersion one can achieve with large works […]