Erkmen intervals

Turkish artist Ayşe Erkmen's Intervals currently showing at The Curve of the Barbican is an experiential journey through a series of scenic backdrops, which are constantly being slowly lowered and raised, obstructing and unblocking one's journey through The Curve like walking through different scenes of a play.

Erkmen at the Barbican, London 2013:

More recent London pictures on my Twitter site.

New New Order

When I visited London's Saatchi Gallery in July, I saw only half of their show New Order: British Art Today.  Half of their galleries were closed at that time.  I was glad to see the other half yesterday.

Nicolas Deshayes:

Nicolas Deshayes and Natasha Peel:

Natasha Peel:

More London pictures taken yesterday on my new Twitter site.

Underground 150

Since all art venues were closed on Boxing Day, I took a rare opportunity to roam some busy streets of central London.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the world's oldest underground train, Transport for London's Art on the Underground invited 15 artists to participate in the 15 For 150 project.  The limited edition prints I saw at Piccadilly Circus station yesterday include ...

Wolfgang Tillmans:

Idris Khan:

Runa Islam:

TfL's ongoing Tube Map projects have also continued to draw big names this year to design their map covers.  Earlier this year, there was Mona Hatoum (the May 2013 edition):

The most recent is Imran Qureshi's December 2013 edition:

Some more pictures I took yesterday are available at my newly created Twitter site.

Jesus Christ + 12 Popes

The group exhibition New Order: British Art Today is still on.  Rafal Zawistowski's Jesus Christ and the 12 Popes series at Saatchi Gallery, London 2013:

Imagined space: paper architecture

The ice storm this past weekend hit Toronto really hard (not just Toronto, but also southern/eastern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes).  I got cable/internet access back only last night after two and a half days without it.  But I'd consider myself fortunate compared with hundreds of thousands of homes without power.  I'm going to leave those frosted trees and frosted landscapes behind as I'm flying to London tonight.

From the group exhibition Paper previously at Saatchi Gallery, London 2013 ...

Daniel Kelly:

Peles Empire (aka Katharina Stöver + Barbara Wolff):

Peace. Within. Peace. Without.

Wish you all peace this Christmas ...

The FitzGerald Catalogue

Dorian FitzGerald's solo exhibition Catalogue at Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto 2013:

The Dixie Poindexter Years*

P. Elaine Sharpe at Angell Gallery, Toronto 2013:

* The Dixie Poindexter Years is the title of Sharpe's series of works on paper on view.

A ChTRIPstmas trilogy

What about a break from the overdose of Christmas music?

Mono's 1996 hit Life In Mono:

Video from abdelquddus's youtube channel


Propellorheads's 1997 hit History Repeating, featuring Shirley Bassey:

Video from Christophe Dumoulin's youtube channel


Portishead's Machine Gun from their 2008 album Third:

Video from MrZidaneGiggs's youtube channel

Aho's expressionist landscapes

Eric Aho at DC Moore Gallery, New York 2013:

Abstract expressionist rarities

Rare gems from abstract expressionist masters at Allan Stone Projects, New York 2013 ...

Franz Kline:

Images copyright © 2013 The Franz Kline Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alfred Leslie: