On Tuesday evening Ros Barker and I attended a West Kent Reception for the great and the good. All dressed up and being very grown up we soon found we were the only arts related invitees and we were definitely short of a chain of office or an OBE. Still, we met some interesting people who seemed relieved to have the chance of a different type of conversation.
Tonight was the PV of ‘The Meeting Room: A Space for Minds to Meet’ – the new show in the Kaliedoscope Gallery in Sevenoaks.
‘The Meeting Room explores the meeting point between the physical and the metaphysical….’
In amongst some really lovely work were three drawings on Chinese paper: small but holding the wall they were hung on. A red line grid held endless downward black strokes within its squares. It had a stillness and a fascination ..each handmade stroke quivering with the life of different widths and darkness.
All the work of Clare Smith – who made the long trip from Dover to be there. Although feeling I had known her for ages through the a-n blog, we actually met for the first time tonight.
Lots to talk about. Good old a-n….
