the snow
has given the opportunity to work on the digital files for the Goldlay Sq
commission, checking how they interface with the plasma cutter.
2 days in
London after synthetic anatomy session I went to a few exhibitions - The Gursky
at the Hayward was impressive, the images are quietly heroic but I spent a lot
of time working out how much the organisation was making on ticket sales as it
was very busy and at £15:00 a little steep. Which gets me to The Whitechapel -
unsure why I actually went as 1, it was Mark Dion, an artist who is now making
work about the work he was making - see the array of costumes, 2, it's just
better to go and see actual work by ornithologists, archaeologists etc 3 I had seen all the work in other places and
4 it was also £15:00 which seemed very expensive. But at least we have the
bookshop which is a London treat. I had seen some extraordinary work almost on my own for free in a
number of galleries the day before which didn't help. Lorna Simpson and Matthew Day Jackson at Hauser
and Wirth were good shows - instructive and powerful. Marvin Gaye Chetwynd at Sadie Coles was messy and fun.
John Riddy at Frith St Gallery has some darkly narrative photographs of brick walls that were
really moving. The mixed show at Marian Goodman was so tasteful
with well thought out and has some technically excellent pieces. Worth the journey to
see a work by Giuseppe Penone Indistinti-confini - Talaventum a tree study
which was just so moving.
