An immense day of thinking – an hour in the V&A – looking
at draping as part of the sculptures – esp in the medieval galleries – then onto
the reason I was in London - Lidewij Edelkoort – Trend Union Plan B
presentation for 2014-15 really inspiring and informative http://www.trendtablet.com/
– some excellent issues to take back
to the students at NUA. The presentation really stuck me as to the value of an
art education – the world really is made of stuff that we (visual thinkers) have
conceived. Finally onto the Whitechapel to see Gert and Uwe Tobias http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/
some interesting ways of displaying wonderfully odd exhibits.
The new work for the Tate turbine hall is interesting in
that you truly have to experience it - I think that it's best if you have no
knowledge of what you are about to encounter so try and get there before you
are told anything or find out too many details.
And then there are the tanks - an enormous, odd space - in a good way - and the
smell- the experience only spoiled by a Tate education person instilling in a
group of children how to hate art and that galleries are not for them by
constantly telling them how important the artists were in the show, to move
slowly, be quiet and work on their own and showing signs of weariness when the
children weren't creative in the right way. I thought we had moved on from this
nonsense.
The Saatchi gallery http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/
has an interesting show of Korean artists which is fascinating as I have
taught, am teaching and will teach Korean students at Camberwell on the Book
Art course and the show has many examples of the issues that the students are
engaged in and preoccupied with. And it was a joy to see the Richard Wilson
piece 20 50 in a new space - and the smell!
A hidden but thorough exhibition deep in the bowels of the V&A that is
worth seeking out is transformations an exhibition of work around the
theatrical experience focusing on set design - excellent - with examples from
early London stage props to the opening of the Olympics http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/transformation-and-revelation-gormley-to-gaga.-uk-design-for-performance-2007-2011/
The soundworks show at the ICA focuses on Bruce Nauman's Days but there is also
a room where you can listen to your own selection from an eclectic list of a
100 artists - a link to the site - www.ica.org.uk/soundworks
And the culmination of the day - the private view at The Imago Gallery of the
wallpaper society competition was a very professional affair - so If you happen
to be walking along Clifford St - between Savile Row and Bond St I have some work
hanging in ALL the windows of the Imago Gallery till the 20th. While you are
there check out the Louis Vuitton window.
