Ant Macari exhibition at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, was amazing. I was astonished at the sheer amount of work but the breadth and depth of the content was inspiring. That was last Wednesday at the preview so I need to see it again.
Also managed a visit to Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Friday and saw, Soliloquy by Shirin Neshat. The space used to show the work was in the Georgian Chapel which gave greater resonance to the images and soundtrack of this haunting work. This was a dual screen projection of Neshat within two landscapes representing her homeland and her home in exile.
Visited Kettle’s Yard Gallery in Cambridge on Tuesday and enjoyed the variety of work that is in their current exhibition of work donated to raise funds for Kettle’s Yard Development Appeal. A diverse range of 2D and 3D works. Favourites included ‘Crack and Warp Column’ by David Nash, and Phylidda Barlow’s ‘untitled:crushedrolleddropped’, but there were lots of things to like.
On the home front, I am still chasing crows and other assorted corvids. My studio space took on a very white appearance last week and some meditations on performance issues are starting to coalesce into plans. I cannot say too much yet as there is much to decide.
