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This week I have found myself within a whirlwind of interesting shows scattered from one end of London to the other.
I have seen some great contemporary art and after visiting Oscar Murillo at South London Gallery and with Andy Holden at the Zabludowicz Collection, I thought I would be hard pushed to find better. DIG, an architectural show produced by Artangel and created by Daniel Silver left me curious and intrigued.
In a dirty old building site in the middle of London and set over two floors was some sort of weird and wonderful architectural DIG, of course all made by Daniel but it still stretched our imaginations.
In the depths of the leaky and dug out basement surrounded by wire, metal, concrete and open air were huge monolithic fatherly figures looking out into the distance.
At the Whitechapel we found even stranger environments created by Sarah Lucas in ‘SITUATION Absolute Beach Man Rubble.’ The Zabludowicz work ‘Spamageddon’ was given prime alter position in the grand hall of weird sculptures.
I loved this leggy work ... my favourite.
Sculpture seemed to be a strong point of my visits this week. Kevin Francis Gray’s show at Pace is brilliant, the hidden master begins to emerge!
Herald St was showing this magnificent Amalia Pica, an absolute steal for any serious budding collectors!
The ICA was also an enveloping experience. Gregor Muir took Lizzie and I straight to check out the Zhang Enli 'Space Painting', he was definitely trying to emulate Leonardo Da Vinci.
Steven Morgana's work at New Contemporaries was wonderful.
I was charmed by the strange work of Simon Dybbroe Møller at Laura Bartlett. From unappealing left over dishes….
to shipwrecked, sleepy, shingled figures resembling the sad scenes of Pompeii but instead of being buried in sand, they are buried in the sea.
Vilma Gold were showing the interesting ‘Servants Order ov Ancient Psychik Youth’ curated by Neue Alte Bruecke. I particularly loved the work by Max Brand.
Meanwhile, back at the Zabludowicz Collection we had launched our magnificent MI!MS book.
The launch was accompanied by a great talk between Andy Holden and cultural theorist Dr Timotheus Vermeulen.
My week was summed up by the valiant attempt of so many wonderful individuals including Yinka Shonibare to help raise funds for BFAMI, which helps to support the Art Museums and breadth of culture in Israel. Here stands Candida Gertler, Founder of OUTSET.
Our fabulous philanthropic gang including Simon de Pury, Javier Pérez and one of London’s most vibrant socialites; Lisa Tchenguiz.
Our lovely hostess and Chairman for the night, Wendy Fisher with her daughter Justine pose for me together in harmony with Roger Tatley and Peres Projects’, Nick Koenigsknecht. Nick was also here to celebrate the opening of David Ostrowski at Simon Lee Gallery.
The Legacy List dinner was also a huge success with Boris Johnson giving a gripping financial speech on London. I was very proud of our 14 projects including our Legacy Youth Radio Station.
Now I am heading off to Miami to see what the HELLS BELLS is happening over there. The art world has gone totally barmy with hundreds of collectors queuing up to buy one painting!! What a phenomenon of our times, will this continue?? Totally fascinating!!!!
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