My last weekend in the U.K. was spent visiting galleries and friends in London. I’m too happy and exhausted to make any sense of it. It is what it is. So here are pics, in no particular order, of art + life from Mayfair / Soho / So. Kensington / Essex.
St Georges flags still up in Essex. I did my bit and ate a hot cross bun.
LOVE IT! Calligraphic letters cut from cardboard. Mason's Yard, London.
The type of British commemorative badges that inspired my Sorted badge.
Love this silver, mirror-finish shop sign using an inline typeface on high gloss black paint. Hot!
I see my future, and there are macaroons in it.
Royal Academy of Arts. On a personal level, this trip has really inspired me to think about what I want in life. And I want to do more travelling.
Underpainting / works in progress by Mediha Ting in her studio near Bow Road, London. She's got a show opening in Manchester this weekend, and one in Shanghai later this summer.
Mixed media on slate by Tom Barnett, from the exhibition, To Paint is to Love Again: Painters from Peckham. Hannah Barry Gallery, London.
Sculptural painting by Edward Wallace of stretched, striped lycra, also at Hannah Barry.
Tala Madani's paintings at Saatchi Gallery, South Kensington, were pretty great. I saw them in NYC before, and still don't really get them, but I sorta like them.
This neon chandelier made from glass and rapid-prototyped hardware, at the Taschen shop in South Kensington. Brilliant art, brilliant curation!
Really, nothing beats a fresh, not-too-sweet pear cider over lots of ice on a hot day in London.
Traveller's luck -- finding friends from near and far, like Steph and Maria (Yason too).
No pics, but also great:
Tom Friedman at White Cube Mason’s Yard.
Isa Genzken retrospective at Whitechapel.
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Waiting for Godot at the Royal Haymarket Theatre. Brilliant. So witty, so poignant. Delightful existential aches.
Cindy Sherman at Monica Spruth Philomenes Magers. Good and terrifying.
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