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After Frieze and FIAC there is a deafening silence in London. All the activity including the storms are moving to New York for the Auctions and Gallery openings. I wish I was joining them but for some unknown reason I am staying put in London.
We bravely rode our storm on the “boat” on top of the Hayward Gallery with a hearty lunch hosted by James Lingwood from Artangel in collaboration with Living Architecture.
I still managed to fit a few things in. The Moving Images art fair was for me, as always, a revelation.I even had time to sit in a discussion between David Gryn, Amanda Coulson from VOLTA, Janet Bigg whose work I liked very much, Michael Hall Director of Armory and Jayne Drost Johnson Co-Director of Independent.
I noted the work of Joan Leandre.
Art of Change. New Directions from China, the Hayward Gallery’s Chinese show is a big hit. I was so surprised and found the show to be very interesting. I found the work of Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Dogs that cannot touch each other fascinating.
Also the great big prehistoric creatures “I didn’t notice what I am doing”.
Then a little South Korean art at the “House of the Nobleman” where Xooang Choi was displaying the work “Perception” 20 floors in the air overlooking Tate Modern.
I jumped from there to the Turbine Hall where Tino Sehgal’s invisible performance was happening. Sitting on the floor were invisible persons vocalizing a delightful melodic song. The performance made me feel self-aware. The performance became all about me. The tanks were astounding and vibrant and a tribute to the Tate and how they can look at art as a future as well as art as a past.
Surprise of surprises was Anish Kapoor’s show. The large scale sculpture made of Corten Steel was mesmerizing.
Probably because we had a private tour by Nick Logsdail we were able to see things in a much more sympathetic way. The works seemed to be related to surface of imaginary planets in the night sky.
I loved his use of texture creating weird organic sculptures out of cement and enamel.
A quick trip to the East End with Lizzie where we spotted the work of Samara Scott who seemed the obvious winner for the Converse/Dazed emerging prize.
Finally the highlight of the week for me, the opening of Ruairiadh O’Connell’s show at our London home, the Zabludowicz Collection.
Many wonderful guests paid us a visit including artists Annie Lapin from Los Angelas and Mustafa Hulusi.
