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Getting back into London life and enjoying the
art flow.
We loved the talk between Glenn Brown and Albert Oehlen. Glenn prodded and pushed but Albert was not going to divulge any outside influences or methods, it’s just a matter of organic process.
Meanwhile Glenn was unaware that he had become part of Alberts painting. Note the wire continuing all the way from the painting to Glenns tie like an umbilical cord.
There were some strange happenings at the Sadie Coles Darren Bader show.
An odd Snoopy. Have to say, I much prefer a KAWs.
Money on tap.
Ryan Mosleys show at Alison Jacques is really lovely, his works are filled with narrative and colour and get better all the time.
Thomas Dane’s Lari Pittman show was amazing. Absolutely stunning and probably the best so far. We managed to meet the master himself and spend time with him.
Master Class was a big success this year with Adam Chodzko, Joseph Kosuth, Linder and Andy Holden all tutoring the chosen artists and giving brilliant public lectures. Joseph Kosuth was up first to give wonderful insights into his work and career. We were elated with how it went, even Doug Fishbones little girl joined in the celebration.
Great lecture by Linder, she was utterly fabulous talking about her influences with special mention to Barbara Hepworth.
Andy Holden was Andy Holden, full of intrigue and depth and delivering a really interesting lecture.
Adam Chodzko regaled us with details about all his past projects.
We had one last look at Use/User/Used at Zabludowicz Collection. The student curators really put together a great show. Ending it with one of my favourites, Rachel Maclean’s ‘Lolcats.’
And an immense performance night with HypeTime: Pilot-Global Blanding.
Betty Woodman at the ICA was quite a surprise.
She is incredible and such a powerhouse, filling the ICA with imposing and strong ceramics.
Very proud of Matt Copson. He gave a wonderful performance in the Serpentine Sackler Gallery
Then just before we zipped off to Copenhagen we saw a lovely show by Andreas Eriksson. Loved the work, it seemed very influenced by Per Kirkeby.
Marie Anne and Per Kirkeby greeted us in Denmark with a traditional lunch. It was a delight to meet ‘the artist’ of artists. We had a wonderful time and were amused that Per had not heard of many other artists. Like Albert Oehlen, Per works with few influences around him bar an enormous library of books. He had thousands on the shelves and had read every word. Sadly he can no longer paint like he used to as a bad fall three years ago has meant he doesn’t have great balance.
But he still makes prints, which he calls his gift shop and insisted we all took one home with us, including our friend Carl.
On our way home we had time to drop by David Risleys magnificent new gallery and catch this excellent reflection of ‘Whistlers Mother’ in a mirror by Dexter Dalwood.
