In the main foyer of the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, as well as the spectacular friezes, there are these stunning lamps. I was especially taken by the design of the chains supporting the lamps – look at the lovely three circles within a greater circle, creating an inner Celtic triskele….
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National Portrait Gallery. Edinburgh
Posted in art, from the dark room, photography on March 25, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sensing Nature.
Posted in art, creativity, from the dark room, from the viewing room, photography, video on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I went to the Mori Arts Centre, on the 53rd floor of this building in Roppongi Hills…. …where there is an exhibition, entitled “Sensing Nature”. Apparently there are two words for “nature” in Japanese. The original meant “as is”, and the newer one is like the Western idea of “nature” being like “wilderness”, or [...]
More Mitoraj in Aix
Posted in art, from the dark room, photography on August 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I posted earlier about the Mitoraj sculptures installed around Aix en Provence. I’m back in town just now and just stumbled across a couple more I missed first time…
Antony Gormley, Water of Leith, Edinburgh
Posted in art, from the dark room, photography on July 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I found four of the six sculptures on one day’s walk, but I’ll need to go back and try and find the other two. One thing which really struck me about these figures is how different they are in their individual contexts……not just a bit different, but VERY different.
The land of ochre – I have NEVER seen anything like this!
Posted in art, creativity, from the dark room, photography on June 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Have you ever seen a landscape like this? See how red the path is…… It can be hard to remember this is a landscape on our planet…. Where is this? Roussillon, Provence. On the outskirts of the village the old ochre works have been transformed into a visitor centre = Le Conservatoire d’ocre
Igor Mitoraj in Aix
Posted in art, from the dark room, photography on June 8, 2010 | 24 Comments »
Scattered around the centre of Aix en Provence are some enormous sculptures by Igor Mitoraj. I’ve never seen his work before, but I’m glad I’ve seen some now. VERY impressive. Here’s a taste…… UPDATE – here’s more
Picasso on the subject of truth
Posted in art, from the living room, health, life on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If there were only one truth, you couldn’t paint a hundred canvases on the same theme I saw this quote at an exhibition of the work of Picasso and Cezanne in Aix en Provence. You only need to think about Cezanne’s paintings of Mont St Victoire to understand this. Or think of Picasso’s re-working of [...]
Picasso’s Chateau de Vauvenargues
Posted in art, from the dark room, life, photography on August 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Chateau de Vauvenargues has never been open to the public before, but for four months this summer it’s possible to visit. I went yesterday and it was wonderful. It really is in a beautiful location as I’m sure the photos above will show. It sits at the foot of Mont Saint Victoire, which Picasso [...]
Penn Reading Project
Posted in art, education on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The University of Pennsylvania usually sets a book for their new students to read over the summer before term begins. It’s a way of introducing their freshmen to academic life. This year, however, they’ve set a painting to be studied instead of a book. They’ve chosen the local artist, Thomas Eakins and his 1875 painting [...]
Jupiter Artland
Posted in art, creativity, from the dark room, photography on June 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I took a walk around the Jupiter Artland garden at Bonnington House last Saturday. Take a look…… In the gallery next to the ticket office amongst other exhibits there’s this This is a collection of bottles of Bach flower remedies where each label has a vertical inscription of the name of the flower used to [...]
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