Cathy's Art Diary

Exhibition at the Royal Academy featuring the work of artist and designer, Stuart Haygarth. This was run by the gallery Haunch of Venison based at the RA buildings in Burlington Gardens. Hagarth has spent years gathering found objects such as spectacles, car mirrors and bottle tops which he has made into wonderful objects and art works. I loved the lamps made of spectacle arms and the chandeliers made with their lenses.

Exhibition at the Royal Academy examining the subject of climate change. It featured the work of 35 leading contemporary artists looking at their responses to the theme. Some works were made for the exhibition but others were earlier works on the topic. This is in a series called GSK Contemporary and was in the RA building in Burlington Gardens. My favorite piece, which in fact I had gone to see, was Anthony Gormley’s Amazonian Field. I’d seen this twice before and I just love it. Thousands of small statues all looking up at you. I always find it hard to walk away from it. There were other discoveries though such as Darren Almond’s Tide, a wall of digital clocks all showing the same time and changing in unison. It’s amazing how different 15.34 looks to 15.35! I also likes a video by Tracy Moffatt bringing together sections from disaster movies! Reviews Daily Telegraph Independent Evening Standard