Thursday 24 February 2011

A Rainy Day in London

Yesterday I took a day trip to London with my eldest son and it rained on us.  We went to see the Anish Kapoor exhibit 'Turning the World Upside down' in Kensington Gardens.  The mirrors were spectacular even in the rain - we'd love to go back and see them on a better day though.

Turning the world upside down

Turning the world upside down

We went to the Saatchi Gallery too. Particular favourites of ours were Swarm by Tessa Farmer - amazingly detailed and slightly eerie tiny tiny skeletal figures riding on the backs of insects.   And 20:50 by Richard Wilson.  He has flooded the basement with recycled sump oil - when you walk in it takes a moment - at least! - to realise what you are looking at.  The effect is just amazing, very peaceful but perhaps slightly sinister with the faint smell of oil... this is a permanent exhibit and it's well worth the trip just to see that.

I didn't take any pictures inside but I did take these lovely shots outside of trees reflected on the beautiful stone slabs.  I wouldn't have got these without the rain!



We did a bit of shopping, and a lot of walking, and today we are back home again, rather footsore to say the least!

5 comments:

  1. ooo lovely was hoping you'd tell us what you'd done. I found myself worrying about the sump oil's effect on the wood pannelling in that link tho lol.

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  2. I knwo what you mean about the panelling! Where it is now is the modern (presumably) purpose built space shown in the main picture - I imagine it would have had quite a different feel in the room with the panelling.

    It probably isn't all that deep anyway, just an illusion ;-)

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  3. lovely photos, those mirrors are amazing!

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  4. Thanks so much for your lovely comment about the natural dyeing. I would love to see your results if you have a go. Your tree reflections are amazing. Thank you for showing the mirrors x

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  5. Yeah those mirrors are amazing, i would like to see them myself.

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Helen Smith, artist and maker in glass, print and stitch.

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