Candle by Gerhard Richter
Visited Tate Modern at the weekend to see the Gerhard Richter show before it closes next weekend. Although I’ve seen many of his paintings over the years this was the first time I’ve seen anything approaching the scale of a retrospective.
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Hero and Leandro
I can’t believe it was my first ever visit to the Dulwich Picture Gallery, especially as I live a short distance away, but I went to see ‘Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters’ yesterday. It’s a lovely gallery and I really enjoyed seeing the Cy Twombly pictures in the show, the last exhibition of his work before his recent death.
They also have a stunning Rembrandt, I’m always surprised by how good Rembrandt is whenever I see his work.
Thomas Struth Photo detail
Managed to see the Thomas Struth exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery at the weekend and was incredibly impressed. I like the work of many contemporary German photographers from Bernd and Hilla Becher onwards although I have to say I think some of Andreas Gursky’s work is becoming a little over produced and, as a result, a bit saccharine.
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Self Portrait by Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud was a remarkable painter, truly astonishing, so I’m very sad to hear about his death last week.
Cy Twombly Rose
Very saddened to read about the death of the artist Cy Twombly, a painter whose work I really admire.
His death comes just as a show including his work, Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters, opens at the The Dulwich Picture Gallery which is local to me.
Really looking forward to seeing this show, I’ve seen some amazing examples of his work in galleries all over the place in recent years, there were some great ones from a series called Bacchus at Tate Modern last time I was there.
Exterior of a concept cabin
Lets face it, travelling by plane a largely stressful affair, something suffered entirely because of what the journey brings. Although I’ve been fortunate enough to travel on those seats that turn into beds in business class several times, which makes a big difference to comfort, the overwhelming feeling of air travel is one of slight claustrophbia and a desire for the journey to be over.
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David A Smith – Sign Artist from Danny Cooke on Vimeo.
Thought that this was a really interesting documentary, fascinating to see the techniques used. Having worked with gold leaf in the past it reminded me how magical some of these antiquated processes are.
Contemplation Rock, Glacier Point by Eadweard Muybridge
Went to see the Eadweard Muybridge exhibition at Tate Britain at the weekend. Some stunning work on show, I particularly liked his landscapes and stereoscopic images.
Olympic Mascots Wenlock and Mandeville
London 2012 organisers have unveiled cartoon animations named Wenlock and Mandeville as the mascots for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Focus groups of children and families helped form the designs and children’s author Michael Morpurgo added a story concept for an animated series.
“We’ve created our mascots for children,” said Locog chair Lord Coe.
“They will connect young people with sport, and tell the story of our proud Olympic and Paralympic history.”
The characters are named after the village of Much Wenlock in Shropshire – which hosted a precursor to the modern Olympic Games in the 19th Century – and the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire.
Mascots often seem like a lame side-thought to me, created for the purposes of selling tacky merchandise. However I do quite like these ones, especially the concept behind them and the idea of having a story behind their existence.
184th Street by José Parlá
Just got my José Parlá 184th Street print back from Simon Beaugie picture framers and have now hung it.
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