I am delighted to say that one of the major pieces from my Stuff and Nonsense exhibition will soon be going to a new home in London although I will be very sorry to see it go. I have a soft spot for this piece as it combines some of my favourite people with one of my favourite places. It was first exhibited in the 62@50 exhibition at the Holden Gallery at Manchester School of Art in 2012.
http://http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/lichtenstein
First to the Lichtenstein at Tate Modern on Friday. I really enjoyed this but having read a review saying that all rooms looked the same I wasn’t sure I would. This review was grossly unfair.
Perhaps I am a bit sentimental about Lichtenstein because his work reminds me of time spent in London in the late 60s/early 70s but I particularly enjoyed the later collages and also the small drawings and of course the old favourites such as Whaam!
Then on to the White Cube in Bermondsey to see Chuck Close’s print exhibition. His work is fantastic and to see the prints broken down into there individual colours was amazing. An enthralling exhibition for anyone who is into the technical side of printmaking .
http://whitecube.com/exhibitions/chuck_close_prints_process_and_collaboration_bermondsey_2013/
On Saturday I gave a talk to the Contemporary Quilt AGM at the American Church in Tottenham Court Road. They were a great group of people who made me feel really welcome. Contemporary Quilt are a specialist group of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles.
http://www.contemporaryquilt.org.uk/
On Sunday the highlight of the weekend which was a visit to the Kurt Schwitters exhibition at Tate Britain. I’m a big fan of collage so it was a treat to see Schwitters small collages which were definitely the best part of this exhibition. I had seen his work first at the Armitt museum in Ambleside a few years ago but I knew nothing of his period of internment on the Isle of Man so it was fascinating to see the work from that period as well.
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/schwitters-britain
Now I’m back in GY and all cultured out!
Designer Crafts at the Mall 2013 is nearly here. I’m frantically trying to get organised along with my preparations for Christmas. I will be showing some large textile mixed media, embroidery in the exhibition and also some small hand embroidered studies and handmade cards and postcards will also be for sale in the Shop within the Show. Click here for more images and information .
I have just come across this exhibition at the Wellcome Trust by Georgie Meadows who is a Monmouth based artist and occupational therapist. The exhibition explores personal experiences of ageing and dementia. The stitched portraits are of people she knows or has cared for. It looks really interesting. Wish I was able to get there. More info at:
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions/georgie-meadows.aspx
For some reason none of the links to this exhibition from the Wellcome Collection site will work from this blog but if you paste the address or Google Georgie Meadows it comes up straightaway.
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