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Antelope, The Hop and Turner
In London Trafalgar Square on the Fourth Plinth we saw “Antelope” by Samson Kambalu from Malawi It restages a photograph of a Baptist preacher and pan Africanist John Chilembwe and European missionary John Chorley as a sculpture “The photograph was taken in 1914 at the opening of Chilembwe’s new church in Nyasaland, now […]
This entry was posted on May 30, 2023 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Contemporary Art in Cathedrals : Lincoln and Ely
On our recent trip to the UK to visit Henry’s wonderful familly, he wanted to visit two cathedrals, Lincoln and Ely. With a few logistical tricks and help from the family we made it to both! After we went I could see why he wanted to see them so much. Here is Lincoln Cathedral, from […]
This entry was posted on May 30, 2023 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Nalini Malani at the National Gallery London “My Reality is Different”
Nalini Malani’s immersive animated installation at the National Gallery London plunges us into a world of bizarre figures, creatures, and energy waves that swirl and constantly change shape as they invade the complacency of the people in famous European paintings, bit by bit . Nalini Malini (That’s a clip from the installation. […]
This entry was posted on May 27, 2023 and is filed under Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Feminism, Uncategorized. -
At the Tate Modern Part II Maria Bartuszová and Magdalena Abacanowicz
I just read an editorial by Eddie Chambers in the Art Journal, that women artists are still being slighted in the art world and by art historians. Price wise their art has much less value and they are not given the same attention in museums because, Chambers declares that curators say they are “in hock” […]
This entry was posted on May 21, 2023 and is filed under Contemporary Sculpture by Women, ecology, Uncategorized. -
At the Tate Modern Part I: Cecilia Vicuña
We missed the Cecilia Vicuña full installation. It was being taken down when we were there, but the label and a piece of it was still visible Since I didn’t fully experience it, I give you the label information: “In the Andes people did not write, they wove meaning into textiles and knotted cords. […]
This entry was posted on May 12, 2023 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
Mike Nelson’s “Extinction Beckons” at the Hayward Gallery London
“Extinction Beckons” by Mike Nelson gives us decay, nostalgia, destruction, resurrection, all layered in profoundly moving installations. I first saw his work in Istanbul at the Büyük Valide Han, a caravanserai built in 1561. That installation is one of several recreated at the Hayward, but my experience of seeing it in […]
This entry was posted on May 11, 2023 and is filed under Uncategorized.
