I have to confess that I had never heard of Hungarian artist Dóra Maurer till I visited her exhibition at Tate Modern. Born in 1937, most of her creative life took place under communism which wasn’t exactly a favourable environment for conceptual art. Much of her work is concerned with process: KV’s 1st of May […]
Dóra Maurer at Tate Modern
New work by Steve McPherson at The Other Art Fair
Steve McPherson is a regular exhibitor at The Other Art Fair with his marine art pictures and has been collecting the plastic debris washed up on his local beach for over ten years, recording his findings as an archaeologist/treasure hunter/collector. Ahead of the next The Other Art Fair in October I wanted to show some […]
The Vessel and the Shed at Hudson’s Yard, New York
As it had only recently opened to the public back in early May, I wanted to visit Hudson’s Yard to see what all the fuss was about. Well, firstly it’s a huge corporate development with The Vessel designed by Thomas Heatherwick Studio (which isn’t small) dwarfed by the buildings around it. I liked the reflections […]
Ed Moses & Qin Feng at Blain|Southern London
The West influenced by the East and vice-versa. It’s a truism as of course we’re inevitably influenced by others, evident in this exhibition of artists from two different cultures (and generations) with an affinity of concerns. Both Ed Moses and Qin Feng have a connection to abstract expressionism and a shared fascination with the gesture. […]
The Ollerod Hotel
I haven’t done a hotel visit for a while and this one was almost accidental. As part of ArtCan I’m participating in Wanderlust, a group show currently held in the public spaces of The Ollerod, a 4 star boutique hotel run by Chris Staines and Sylvana Bandini. More accurately a restaurant with 14 rooms, it’s […]
Helene Schjerfbeck at the Royal Academy
Well, it’s been a long time coming but the work of Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck can finally be seen in the UK at the Royal Academy in London. I was struck by the stillness and spareness of her paintings. The portrait below from 1907 is, in fact, called Silence. Self portraits form an entire room […]