Wow.. Alot can happen in three years.. It seems like I'm a completely new person, the only thing remaining from when i launched back in 2011 was that i was studying art. I'm at a new adress, at university, in a new band (http://www.facebook.com/WinterFloweringPansies), and have a new bunch of friends - well, that would be expected wouldnt it?..
I'm writing to update you on exhibition #3 at the Turner Contemporary in Margate (however, chances are you can't go, cos it ends on the 7th of this month). The gallery was split in 2, with a Hamish Fulton exhibition (old works and new), and a possibly more fitting exhibition of the man himself, JMW Turner. Also on display was August Rodin's The Kiss, which is set to leave on 02/09/12.
I wasn't really into anything i saw when i visited last tuesday (although i did do about 6 laps of The Kiss). I started up the main stairs, and was greeted by a gigantic wall work of Fulton's, documenting one of several walks he'd been on. There was more like this one in the three rooms of the gallery he'd had. I wasnt really taken by these - i guess i found it hard to link the large plastic letters adhered to the wall with the sometimes week-long walks that the pieces were talking about. There were a dozen or so smaller works situated on one wall - some as old as the seventies, some more recent. These were far better in my opinion, than the large works. Some were just painted pieces of lollipop stick-sized wood nailed directly to the wall, some were made during his time as a student at Central Saint Martins. (Can't upload image for some reason.. Here it is http://peterfoolen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/hamish-fulton-galleri-riis-stockholm.html)
Then there was Turner. Very fitting for This gallery as on it's site used to be a bed and breakfast turner would stay in frequently. Apparently the light of the sky from Thanet is unlike any other, as theres nothing in its way 'til the north pole.. Or something. So yeah, alot of the paintings in this exhibition would've been paintes only a few metres away from where they're displayed.. I'll be honest with you, i didny pay much attention to this bit - i went to a watercolour exhibition at Tate Britain not so long ago, so i was all Turner'd out! There were some beautifully simple paintings of horizon's, coastlines and night times though..
Next up is a big Tracey Emin exhibition, of new work. Which is also very fitting for margate, and that opens 26/05/12, so we'll see.. I'll keep you posted
Ciao xXx
