5
days away 3 books - Commonwealth by Ann
Patchett deconstructs the idea of family, the details of everyday change
bringing fresh hierarchy's and alliances is painfully picked over. A single
defining moment revealing what was already there. The Underground Railway by Colson Whitehead is relentless cruelty,
the truly and mostly matter of fact unfathomable depths of cruelty - a
challenging and difficult but essential read if you want to begin to understand
America. and onto the question I have often asked myself - when do you leave? with
All For Nothing by Walter Kempowski the
slow process of attrition is laid out. How do you judge that it's time to go? Why
do you stay? Is it that it's impossible to conceive the levels of human
wickedness that is about to engulf you? All 3 books are wonderful. Black Panther - what to say - I loved
it - some of the best costumes ever deployed in conjunction with astute
comments in the exploration of voices we don't often hear - it's also very
funny .
The Cork Museum in Palafrugell was a
highlight - Packed with cork facts you never knew alongside glorious images of
smoking beret wearing workers, its next to the rather poorly curated, but with
some interesting work The Museu Can
Mario.
A day
in London - great to pop into Chelsea and feel the atmosphere building as final
shows are being constructed. Some interesting and some excellent shows to see -
The Highlight is Ed Atkins at Cabinet - head stingingly mesmerising http://www.cabinet.uk.com/index.php?ed-atkins-olde-food
. Jerwood Space has a great video by Maeve Brenna about bats! All Too Human at
the Tate Britain has work by the gloriously fastidious Euan Uglow. There is
some work by 3 students from the MA Book Arts Course at Camberwell in xhibit
2018. White Cube at Masons Yard has a Brazilian decorative comment on
Capitalism by Beatriz Milhazez http://whitecube.com/exhibitions/beatriz_milhazes_bermondsey_2018/
Covering the Main Gallery at Tate Britian with tiles is the best element of the
piece by Anthea Hamilton http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/squash
