I really hadn’t planned to write 2 posts on this Royal Academy exhibition, Francis Bacon: Man and Beast but there was just too much for one and I really wanted to include these images. The simply framed larger-than-life triptychs are magnificent against dark walls and you can get really close up to look at the […]
Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy (post 2 of 2)
Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy (post 1 of 2)
This much-delayed show, Francis Bacon: Man and Beast now open at the Royal Academy, was always going to be a blockbuster and I have to admit it lives up to the hype. The dominant impression was always going to be dislocation and suffering but I found elements of affection, tenderness and humour too, something you […]
Life Between Islands at Tate Britain
I wasn’t expecting Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now, currently on at Tate Britain, to be as large as it was so give yourself plenty of time to take it all in. Here are just a few snaps of work I connected with – as ever, too much to include in a one-minute […]
Dürer’s Journeys at the National Gallery
Many of us are familiar with Albrecht Dürer’s drawings and engravings and this exhibition, Dürer’s Journeys, at the National Gallery gives us plenty of those. It’s interesting though to see more of his paintings as he wanted to be recognised as a painter as well as an engraver. It’s the same old story – you […]
Rock Paper Scissors: Jo Hummel & Ellen Hyllemose at Fold Gallery
This 2-person show, Rock Paper Scissors at FOLD Gallery, is a glorious celebration of paper. I focus here on the two largest pieces, one from each artist, facing one another across the length of the gallery space. Jo Hummel makes collages and hung constructions of painted and cut paper. These are arranged in carefully considered […]
Between Breaths: Raymond Fung at 3812
This is the first solo show by Raymond Fung, a Hong Kong-based artist and architect, with 3812 Gallery in London. Titled “Between Breaths”, it encourages our awareness of breathing, of slowing down and, as he says, of “the art of life between breaths”. His “slices”, whether vertical or horizontal, give a glimpse of imagined landscapes. […]