“Fire and heat provide modes of explanation in the most varied domains, because they have been for us the occasion for unforgettable memories, for simple and decisive personal experiences…Fire is the ultra-living element.”
Gaston Bachelard, The Psychoanalysis of Fire
I took an impromptu trip to London at the start of the week (when I should have been writing my dissertation). While I was there I went on one of my “intense gallery tours” and saw the following:
I shake you by the hand, Comrade Bacon at Whitechapel
Earth at the Royal Academy
Tatsuo Miyajima at Lisson Gallery
Mark Tansey at Gagosian
The Bunker at Barbican
Sara Ramo and Jim Goldberg at the Photographers Gallery
Eva Hesse (again) and Katja Strunz at Camden arts centre
Miroslaw Balka at Tate modern
and my favourite…
Stuart Haygarth at Haunch of Venison
It was a lot to do in one day, but I love the freedom of wandering about from place to place alone absorbing the city and the artwork.
I’m currently doing my duties in the library, I have finally reached the word limit on the essay and now the editing can begin with one week to go…
Once it is over and I eventually write up my exhibition reports, I’ll stick a few on here.
Action interrupts contemplation.
