I hadn’t expected to find so many resonances with my own work, both thematically and visually when visiting this recent exhibition of Jessica Rankin at White Cube Mason’s Yard in London. This new body of work is inspired by the “unity of creation and destruction… cellular and cosmological scales of movement and connect the act […]
Places
Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern. Post 2 of 2.
In this second post of the Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition at Tate Modern, I look at some of the later works. It’s the layering, the space created with her mark-making, that fascinates me. You can feel the rhythm of movement, the pace of song and dance in these linear Awely paintings from 1993 onwards. And […]
Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern. Post 1 of 2.
This show at Tate Modern was a real surprise to me as it exceeded any expectations I might have had. I’m glad I kept away from previous information as wanted to come to it fresh. Emily Kam Kngwarray is now rightly celebrated as being a significant 20th Century artist. She was fortunately able to enjoy […]
Giacometti at Tate Modern The Tanks
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 […]
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 […]