Part of a city-wide celebration of Ana Maria Pacheco’s work, this powerful and topical installation is on display in the North Transept of Norwich Cathedral till September. It reveals its power slowly so give yourself time. Shadows of the Wanderer comprises ten over life-sized painted wooden figures on a raised base. Each figure is carved from […]
Places
Circles wherever I look: at The Museum of London
The first shape ever created using a line, the circle is in evidence in all societies from the very earliest stages of our existence. This struck me yet again on a recent visit to The Museum of London. Here is evidence of a farm enclosure in Shepperton from 3600 BC and a double- ditched enclosure […]
Final Sale – public art at the Old Building London School of Economics
Walking back from a private view the other evening I saw this in the distance which begged a closer look. The Old Building at the London School of Economics is the location beautifully lit up at night. Final Sale is a temporary installation created by the Recycle Group dealing with consumerism in our current global recession, […]
Traces in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern
Tate Modern is generally acknowledged to be one of the wonders of contemporary London. I noticed during a recent visit the traces of Doris Salcedo’s Shibolleth piece from 2007 remaining in the floor. At the moment Richard Tuttle‘s installation, I Don’t Know – The Weave of Textile Language fills the space still leaving plenty of […]
Hats by milliner and costume designer Sahar Freemantle
Sahar’s work has been featured here before. She recently had a solo show at Craft Central which included some new pieces shown below. Most of what she sells is more commercial but I really do prefer the statement pieces for that very reason. Nothing quite right for the wedding I’m attending this summer though – […]
Slow Movement by Roman Signer at The Barbican Curve.
This show at The Barbican is on for about 3 months, during which time artist Roman Signer’s slow-moving kayak will have travelled 450 miles, the distance from London to his home in Zurich. The passage of time and our perception of it are his ongoing concerns. His exploration of both fast and slow time are […]