artartandmoreart

 

a good weekend in London getting to see art - an activity not undertaken for several months. Bruce Nauman at The Tate was exceptional - it is truly extraordinary to see him rip through endless ideas, almost manifesting them as quick sketches and then moving on to the next one. You can spot the individual pieces  that other artists have taken and then used to build their whole career on. The 'permanent' collections were absorbed as if I hadn't seen art before, highlights were immersing in Agnes Martin, Cildo Meireles's Babel and Dora Maurer's video work as well as the dialogue between works that were set up with the hang. Next up Goldsmiths apart from the building itself the best thing about the visit were the structures put up to deter pigeons from settling. Grace Woodcock at Castor was quite beautiful with some thoughtful ideas about the gut. Gossamer Fog had a thoughtful video and finally a shout out to the immersive disorienting, sick-inducing VR by Samuel Capps at Seager. Even managed to get to the garden center - pansy's really are quite pretty.