Listen as well as look at this intriguing exhibition Toyin Ojih Odutola’s A Countervailing Theory at the Barbican Curve where Peter Adjaye’s three-part soundscape forms the soundtrack to this narrative. A collection of large monochrome drawings recount the myth of an ancient African society. I’ve included some (slightly bleached out due to the low lighting […]
Places
The Guerilla Girls
We love the Guerilla Girls and their tactics. I came across these pieces in Tate Modern’s permanent collection and wanted to share them as they are far from historical documents. As luck would have it Katy Hessel’s Great Women Artists podcast featured them this week too and I highly recommend it. Here’s the link. I’m […]
Mirtha Dermisache at Tate Modern
During a recent visit to Tate Modern I came across this collection of drawings by Argentinian artist Mirtha Dermisache. She was a new discovery for me as was the term Asemic writing. Asemic writing, according to Wikepedia, is a “wordless open semantic form of writing. The word asemic means ‘having no specific semantic content’, or ‘without the smallest unit […]
Installations at Tate Modern
I wandered around the deserted general galleries at Tate Modern recently after visiting the Andy Warhol show. It made me realise that I often ignore the permanent collections in favour of temporary shows, you know, that assumption that you can always come back later. This time I didn’t leave before exploring further and came across […]
Balcony Life & The Nomadic Dye Garden
On until the end of September, Ross Belton’s Balcony Life, a fabric installation and nomadic dye garden by Modern Eccentrics (Ross & Jonathan) can be seen at St Saviour’s, (formerly The Florence Trust). I attended one of Ross’s workshops a few years ago and have stayed in contact since. I discovered this new location where […]
Visiting the National Gallery by appointment.
The pandemic has changed the museum experience for the foreseeable future with many organisations moving collections online. There’s nothing thought like standing in front of the real thing. Walking around a pre-selected route in the National Gallery brought me to paintings I’d either never seen or that I hadn’t previously had much chance to spend […]