Now, apart from these rather colossal installations, there are a lot of pieces that sincerely mess with your visual perceptions of the space you find yourself. Kapoor uses non-reflective pigments in a number of pieces which really works to mess with you perception … I didn’t take any pictures of those … it would have ย been pointless really … you have stand in front of it and experience them yourself … sorry about that.
I did take a picture of When I was Pregnant (below)
Oh and there was a whole room of very shiny S-curves and C-curves all incredibly polished that served to reflect and cross-reflect the room and the people in it in a myriad different ways. I spoke to one of the assistants who explained to me that the artist has a team of specialist polishers flown over from New York specifically to polish these installations … the polishing took nine days for the MCA show. They did a bloody good job!
I really enjoyed this show by Anish Kapoor. It runs until the 13th of April 2013.
How’s about you? Been to visit any particularly fine art recently.
Ok, I’m not ashamed to say that I’m jealous, just a little bit. My Red Homeland is simply amazing, not only because of it’s dimension and shape shifting nature, it’s all red! I’d love to see that one in person for sure. The Memory piece also looks pretty good and it’s all rusty, I like that. And the room with all the curved and polished installations sounds like fun.
You know I’ve been to two photo exhibitions this weekend, one for young modern photography which was a bit strange but interesting nevertheless and the second with portraits by Bryan Adams which was incredible. Some of the pictures brought tears to my eyes, they were just so intense and beautiful in their own way, I can’t really describe it. I’ve barely done portraiture shots so far but looking at those and also the works of Rankin who just had a shown in town make me wish I could create something like this as well.
In the next couple of weeks, I have a view shows featuring urban artists on my to-see list and also hope to make it to London in time to see the Barbican Rain Room. My favourite artists, Herakut, will soon be exhibiting in Melbourne but that’s little too far for me away from me so I’ll just enjoy the pictures they are sharing.
I forgot that you love red! It is an amazing sculpture not least because of the colour but the vision that went into its creation … I was so impressed with whole show that I’m going to take the kids up to see it … I think they’ll get something out of it. Your two photo shows sound cool too. We don’t get many of them of that calibre here in Canberra.
I’d like to see you try some portraiture … I think you would capture something special ๐
Oh you must tell me about Herakut … I’m going to Melbourne in March … will they be there then?
I think the kids will like it, it’s a very interesting mixture of pieces and the visual perceptions are likely to ensure some fun. At least that’s what the child in me thinks.
As for portraiture, I find myself thinking about it every now and then but it’s difficult to find models and I’m probably too reserved to approach strangers. So far I shot only myself and occasionally friends who were not watching ๐ Maybe I just need a little bit more time and experience to bring up the courage to ask people straight away if they’d let me practice on them. Now, that sounds a little bit strange, doesn’t it?
When I read about the upcoming Herakut show I instantly thought about you but then saw that Melbourne is not exactly around the corner of Canberra. I checked the dates and the exhibition “Too High to heal” will open at the Metro Gallery in Melbourne on February 13 and go until March 9. Hera and Akut are already there preparing everything, I already saw some pictures of a mural they painted in the streets. They usually create most of the artwork (paintings and installations) at the exhibition place and only bring a few canvasses and possibly also sculptures with them. This is something I like about them, there are some reoccurring elements in their work but mostly it is created on the spur of the moment reflecting their thoughts and feelings and adjusting for the place and the people around them. It is also a dialogue between the two artists in which Hera is sketching the bigger picture directly on the wall/surface and Akut is adding details in his special photo-realistic style. The pictures are always strong and combined with words that are thoughtful and emotional which makes their work very touching. Recently I learned that Akut is also a passionate photographer and the pictures I’ve seen so far are really good, in my eyes. To get an idea about their work and what can be expected at the exhibition, it’s probably the best to check their Facebook page: