To be honest, you could almost smell the green, it was almost overwhelming actually, in a weird 'omg your so rich, i don't belong here, but at the same time it must be nice to have some money, will you adopt me?' kind of a way .. do you know what i mean?
'Peter Jones' is 'John Lewis' but it's more opulent, gift wrapped counterpart and sits opposite the station. When we were inside I felt strangely out of place, like because i wasn't wearing anything half decent i sort of didnt belong there ... anyways why i'm talking about this I don't know .. I think even the gum on the road had been polished..
anyway ...
So yeah, the Saatchi .. these pieces stood out for me .. not that my opinion means anything:
Juliana Cerqueira Leite 'Oh'
2010, Latex and Cheesecloth
This bulbous, balloon like sculpture had such great texture, I think made using fingers ... its funny how round things always seem to look kind of friendly or animated .. it looked as though it had just rolled its way into the gallery and had nestled itself in it's white corner..
'I'ts like an entity or an organic mass and becomes warped by the weight of itself' Juliana Cerqueira Leite (Picture by Picture Guide)
This on the other hand i found really quite scary and disturbing:
Alexander Hoda 'Pile Up' 2008
Polystyrene, latex, resin, rubber, found objects
It reminded me funnily enough, of the Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park because you had to walk all the way around it to get a real sense of it and appreciate the details (i particularly liked the octopus tentacles)
It looked sort of like a beast emerging out of oil .. or that moment when the audience assumes that evil has been thwarted, only to have it gush, claw, burst and bust it's way back to life ..
Idris Khan 'Every .... Bernd And Hilla Becher Gable Sided Houses' 2004
this triptych was really incredible, they were just really majestic, impressive and imposing but also sensitive. like shadows or echoes, etchings, traces ...
Graham Hudson 'All My Exes Live in Tesco's'
Timber, steel, plastic, electric fans, lighting, tape
For some reason I've been really drawn to sculptural pieces, and this one in particular i really liked ..
piles of things perched precariously on metal rods .. it's imposing because of it's sheer size, and also because the materials aren't dissimilar to something you'd find at a tip, but I also noted how, actually really beautiful it was.. in the pamphlet the artist calls the work 'delicate' and 'fragile' ... like an ornament i guess, albeit a large one.
Tessa Farmer 'Swarm' 2004
there was a swarm of people around this piece (haha) people were ooing and ahhing .. but i mean it
really was amazing .. i love things in miniature anyways, but these tiny things were precious but also kind of made me itch ... i love that instead of ants attacking prey it was tiny human skeletons (less than 1cm in height and all hand-crafted) ... its really a 'seeing it' kind of piece, the insects suspended in flight creating an animated scene that the viewer can walk around, discovering little things .. photographs don't do it justice ... go see it!
Richard Wilson '20:50' 1987
used sump oil, steel
This piece made me sad that i had not been to the Saatchi before, its definitely a masterpiece!
Its just such a series of discoveries for the viewer..
'ergh man it stinks in here'
'omg that floor is so shiny, it must take ages to polish'
'look down!'
'wait so, its a giant black mirror?'
'omg guys it's oil!'
I really found it fascinating, just really engaging and exciting and also actually funny.. like Wilson was playing games almost ..
Anne Hardy 'Cell' 2004
Lastly I really loved this photograph, actually all her photography was inspiring but I particularly liked this one .. it sort of reminds me of the 'playpens' that McDonalds used to have .. those small dens you'd have to squish your way into or like a rabbit hutch or ... i don't know .. but there's something about it that i just really like ..
anyways .. good night.
