The subject of AI is daily news. Generative artist Tyler Hobbs has been exploring the intersection of human-made and digital art for a while and this exhibition shows some of the results. Mechanical Hand, his first solo show in the UK at Unit Gallery, revealed influences including Agnes Martin. I also saw connections with Paul […]
Tyler Hobbs at Unit Gallery
Spain and the Hispanic World at the Royal Academy
Spain and the Hispanic World, the exhibition at the Royal Academy, covers a huge range of artefacts and artworks so I decided to focus on just one item for this blogpost, a map of the world from 1526. Probably made as a gift for Charles V on his marriage to Isabella of Portugal, it details […]
Shadows on show at Collect
Shadow is, for me, a key element in how an object influences its environment. It’s something I have played with over decades, most recently with my Drifts and I find it almost magical. You can see then why these pieces caught my eye at Collect at Somerset House. Lovely as they are in themselves, the […]
Bridget Bailey at Collect, Somerset House
These photos only give an impression of Garden of Making, Bridget Bailey’s installation at this year’s Collect, held at Somerset House. Imagine a soundtrack of birdsong and breeze while looking at these pictures. Bailey, a textile artist, uses precise millinery techniques to capture the atmosphere and impressions of the natural world as experienced on her […]
At Somerset House
Ooh, things have changed since I was last here and what a delight – the roadworks outside Somerset House have finally ended to reveal a new pedestrian area (East Strand). It’s larger than I expected, stretching from the previously isolated St. Mary le Strand through to Aldwych. You now move from open to narrow (Somerset […]
Brigid McLeer at the Crafts Council Gallery
Part of the Cotton: Labour, Land & Body exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery, Brigid McLeer’s installation was especially moving for me. I found this exhibition particularly interesting due to my personal and professional connection to the subject. I studied mixed-media textiles at art school and use fabric in my work today. Much of my […]