I took the afternoon off from work today to go and see the textile work of 'Prism' group at the Mall Galleries and decided I should do this more often! The excellent custard tart was a bonus as was buying book:
'Gerhard Richter 100 Pictures' - excuse my drooling! I took copious notes - inspired by the notebooks of Bea Sewell with her dyeing samples and vignettes ( She even had tiny bundlesof fabric you could take. Who could resist? I didn't!)
Inevitably I was drawn to the more'painterly' pieces of Janet Wain (above),
Prinkie Roberts (below) ,
Amanda Hislop (who I did a workshop with at Art Van Go) and the atmospheric abstract landscapes of
Liz Harding.
But I also enjoyed some of the installation and sculptural work like these amazing structures made of basketry and cable ties by
Julienne Long based on seedpods seen at Millennium Seedbank. I know just the ones - saw them last week at
'Bioscience Evening' at which I was lecturing/demonstrating techniques.
With
President Obama in the vicinity there was a very special atmosphere in the Mall and I don't just mean the massive police presence and the barricades. Those flags (alternating UK and US) are HUGE! There were so many tourists - but then I'm not often up in town.
Walked back via the Southbank to Waterloo to get the train direct to Brentford, there's lots on for anniversary of Festival of Britain. Have to save that and
Tracey Emin at the Hayward for another skive day.
2 comments:
lovely stuff what a treat.judie
Several of my own favourites figured among your notes - one of them is the paper piecing by Maggie Paykel.
If you skive again in the next couple of weeks, there's a variety of "sheds" along the South Bank that are fun.
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