Georgian architecture was conceived during the period of 1714 and 1830. Its style maintained proportion and balance, centred around large windows, balustrades and columns. Stately homes and houses that came from this period oozed grandeur and wealth, their facades were designed with large extending staircases, and large supporting colonnades. In the 19th and 20th century, […]
In the midst of the Edinburgh Fringe, at the opening of the Summerhall venue, we found ourselves visiting Ross Fraser McLean’s studio attached to the site. We entered into a unique haven, away from the hustle and bustle of the Fringe, one rainy evening. Upon entrance your eyes are filled with the wonder of […]
It was one of our first days at the Fringe and everything was still new to us. We (as in Georgie Oulton, Louisa Harland and me) were kindly taken to Kevin Harman’s show room by friend Maxine Sloss at 3.00pm on a cloudy Tuesday. We knocked on a plain white door that was once an […]
This exhibition at the Fondazione Prada in Venice, discusses exile, escape and retreat in physical and psychological places. These are explained rather rigorously through art that prevails the lives of philosophers, Heidegger (1889-1976), Adorno and Wittgenstein (1889- 1951). The exhibition was spurred on due to these philosopher’s own need for escapism of daily routine and […]
Agnes Martin’s work on first glance, seem structured and ordered. Her paintings are delicately and perfectly separated into geometric squares, some so detailed that they look like a math book grid. They represent simplicity and make one feel immediately calm. However, like the nature of structure which is purely subjective, her paintings are more […]
The art world has constantly reminded me of the ground breaking installation by Carsten Höller in the Tate turbine Hall in 2006. Unfortunately back then I was more obsessed with Hannah Montana than I was with art, so I inevitably missed out on the big event. The installation in turn altered boundaries of private and […]
Known for her ‘fiercely independent streak’, Lee Krasner’s paintings dominate the visual field. Inspired by the male dominated Abstract Expressionist movement in America, she took a back seat from the popularised art world to create art in her own time on her own terms. Little was known of Krasner within her time working as an […]
Hannah Höch (1889-1978) constantly inspires me. Höch is known as the pioneer of the photomontage, alongside fellow Dadaist and her lover of seven years, Raoul Hausmann (1886-1971) (after she could no longer stand his domestic abuse she left him to be with a woman) . In time, she has come to symbolise, the concept of […]
Hauser & Wirth are currently showing two exhibitions in their London head quarters. From March to May the gallery presents works by Mathew Day Jackson and Lorna Simpson. The latter is a compelling show by an artist I am in complete awe of within contemporary art. Unawnserable, Simpson’s first solo show with the gallery, is an exploration […]
Georgian architecture was conceived during the period of 1714 and 1830. Its style maintained proportion and balance, centred around large windows, balustrades and columns. Stately homes and houses that came from this period oozed grandeur and wealth, their facades were designed with large extending staircases, and large supporting colonnades. In the 19th and 20th century, […]
I had a fun excursion this weekend. Whilst visiting the Fringe in Edinburgh, my sister and I popped off to Jupiter Artland. Only an hour from Edinburgh, one travels through the rickety and romantic roads of suburbia. Founded in 2009 by pharmaceutical chain owner Robert Wilson with his wife Nicky, a sculptor, Jupiter Artland is […]
I have been left with mixed feelings towards the 57th Venice Biennale, some bad, most good. I have always found it difficult to maintain a consistent opinion of the event as a whole. Although exciting and thrilling, with endless things to do, the vast expanse of information hits you as you walk through passport control […]
The National Portrait Gallery have created an exhibition of Howard Hodgkin’s portraits, named Absent Friends. A name rather apt to the drama surrounding the exhibition, as when installing the works the museum learned of the artist’s death on 9th March 2017. Howard Hodgkin, a British hero was born in 1932. He was known for his […]
