Gallery Visits

This semester, I visited Hatfield House ''The Great British Sculpture Show 2014''. It consisted of 82 sculptures by different artists. It was an outdoor exhibition, which I found quite interesting due to the fact that it was intervening with nature, trying to make superficial and natural come together. Here are some of the sculptures in the exhibition:

  

I also visited Saatchi Gallery. The exhibition was called ''Pangaea: New Art From Africa and Latin America''. There was about 15 artists and their work ranged from installation, painting to sculpture. My favorite was an installation by Coloumbian artist Raphael Gomezbarros, which consisted of hundreds of ants swarming the gallery wall. These ants represent immigrants in search of asylum. Here are some of the works:

I had the oppurtunity to also visit Serpentine, ''Haim Steinbach: Once again the world is flat'' and Serpentine Sackler Gallery, ''Marino Gamper: Design is a state of mind''. ''Once again the world is flat'' is a body of work that covers forty years of Haim's career. He started by painting monochrome squares and ended collecting and arranging found old and new objects, mass produced and handmade. I found the works of Marino quite unconventional as he put interior design in a fine art context, in a gallery their whole meaning changes. They stop being everyday objects and turn into artwork. Here are some of the works from the exhibitions:

Serpentine Sackler Gallery: 

Serpentine Gallery:

Lastly, I visited the ''The Photographers Gallery''. It was a 5 floor gallery with photography from various photographers. I particularly liked the ''Regeneration'' series which consisted of works from 6 image makers experimenting and pushing the boundaries of conventional photography. Here are some works from the gallery: