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It has been a very interesting couple of weeks in London with a nice slow start to what will be a very busy year.
Now more than ever there is so much happening over the Internet and ways of working in the art work is constantly and rapidly changing. I have now two Instagram’s, one private, AnitaZab and one pure art, AnitaZart. Facebook and Twitter are being constantly updated and I have my art diary (not a blog) which is my favourite communication method, my favourite treasure.
We started the year at the Collection with the Invites programme presenting the brilliant work of Rachel Maclean. Whilst on residency for six months in Canada and with the help of a green screen Rachel created her dramatic film 'Over the Rainbow'. Rachel uses many different speech overlays and even included the Queen herself in 'The Lion and The Unicorn.'
Here’s Paul Luckraft and Rachel Maclean proudly showing Rachel's Invites presentation of both films.
At the same time Goldsmiths College and the Cass MA curating students have collaborated to create 'A Sense of Things' within the main Collection gallery spaces. The students chose 18 artists from the Collection and another nine from outside. I loved this sound interactive sculpture by Leonardo Ulian titled ‘Technological Mandala 42-Random Relay.’
The opening was a wonderful success and utterly packed with an audience of over 500. The atmosphere was electric and the guest list was as varied as the art. Daniel Silver is showing his masterpieces to his old tutor Nico de Oliveira who is currently course leader of the MA Curating the Contemporary at London Metropolitan University and Whitechapel Gallery.
Matthew Smith showing me his customised jacket and telling me all about his glam rock gigs.
Neil Gall presenting his wonderful thing sculpture in front of his wonderful thing painting, all so technically perfect!
I loved Seth Price’s green vacuumed breast statement among all the other weird and wonderful works of art.
Anna Vauhkonen’s performance was quite intriguing as she flitted and floated through discarded rubbish between the sculptures.
I also managed to find time to check out the Turner Prize winner Laure Prouvost where she demonstrated her wonderful films.
I revisited artist Juliette Bonneviot at Wilkinson Gallery. It was a rather more challenging feminine work this time, very translucent, digital and poetic. The show seemed to be a battle between the plastic and human waste using a young girls body as the catalyst.
A great surprise was Nina Canell at Camden Arts Centre. She had managed to create some extraordinary works out of cable.
The last time I had stepped into the same gallery Emma Hart was showing. Now she is in the 'Bloody English' show at OH WOW in LA. Wishing us Brits good luck and hoping that La La land likes us!
Then finally back to the Zabludowicz Collection where the wonderful Matthew Darbyshire has created an amazing moo cow for the editions!
