Exhibitions

One of the most famous artists of the 20th Century, Georg Baselitz died earlier this year after a successful career spanning over six decades. This show at White Cube Bermondsey was titled Back Again, referring to motifs revisited: the eagle, (the camera couldn’t handle the colours in this detail shot) the figure of the “hero” […]

Nice Day For It! a recent show held at Photofusion in Brixton harked back to the “traditional” British seaside holiday with photography by Anna Fox, The Caravan Gallery, Daniel Meadows, John HInde Studio and Martin Parr. I enjoyed the colour-saturated combination of the joyful and prosaic, the almost surreal imagery that these photographers capture. Here […]

The Myth of Man was the most recent Daniel Hosego exhibition at James Freeman Gallery where his trademark etching style explored contemporary masculinity culture wars with art historical & classical references. In the panoramic Machomarchy, Centaurs wearing baseball caps, wielding barbells and golf clubs ride into battle, the injured prone amongst beer cans. Zoom in […]

Titled Distant Shores, this exhibition of monoprints and paintings by Hamish Macaulay was held at Eames Fine Art. The distant shores refer to New Zealand, the artist’s home country which he has returned to after living for many years in the UK. What I find interesting about these latest pieces is the way he uses […]

In my first post I showed some of the works on the lower floor. Moving up the stairs at the Hayward Gallery, more of Anish Kapoor‘s red forms are pressed into the architecture. The next room houses Ha Makom, derived from the Hebrew phrase “the place”. It is otherworldly, inviting you to approach, drawing you […]

One of the most famous artists of our time, Anish Kapoor has taken over the Hayward Gallery with something of a retrospective in this summer blockbuster. Works here range in scale from massive as above to smaller pieces in protective cases. The first piece on entry feels as if it is trying to burst out […]