Regular readers will know that I’m a fan of Alberto Giacometti so I was delighted to come upon a small exhibition of his sculptures in The Tanks at Tate Modern. The figures are post Second World War, communicating a feeling of frailty and isolation in what we recognise as his signature style. He apparently tried […]
Places
Visiting Canada House, London
I’ve often visited the Canada House Gallery as it’s just opposite the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing entrance but had never been inside Canada House itself so I leapt at the chance when a friend invited me to join her for a building tour. Upon entering you see the accustomed grand hallway, though the current entrance […]
The Story of Fixity: Noémie Goudal with Artangel at Borough Yards, London.
The Story of Fixity by Noémie Goudal was a recent Artangel project at Borough Yards near London Bridge. I shared her video work, Supra Strata seen at White Cube, in an earlier post, so was keen to see this installation. This time there were projections on 3 large screens, each made of shaped boards as […]
Brice Marden prints at Gagosian, London
Given my interest in calligraphic mark-making you can probably see what attracted me to these works by Brice Marden at Gagosian in Burlington Arcade, London. Marden was influenced by Chinese calligraphy and made the original marks with sticks. His inspiration for this series was a Song dynasty verse, “Seven-character Poem (besotted by Flower Vapours)” by […]
Ram Samocha: Abstract Space at Lewisham Arthouse, London
Ram Samocha is probably best known for creating Draw to Perform, a community of performative drawing artists. Indeed I first came across him over a weekend of performance and participatory mark-making several years ago. This solo exhibition, Abstract Space, at Lewisham Arthouse, consists of black and white works on paper. Given world events over the […]
Cristina Iglesias: The Shore at Hauser & Wirth, London
I am a fan of Cristina Iglesia and have featured her work in a previous blog post so was keen to see this new show, The Shore, at Hauser & Wirth in London’s Savile Row. As much of her sculpture is in public spaces It was interesting to see smaller pieces. Their scale is more […]