Bridge
I’ve had to get
that that description off the museum’s website as I wasn’t quite sure what
story the exhibition was trying to tell although it had some great pictures in
it and was very visually stimulating. Was it talking about the history of
bridges, the building of them, the social impact or just how nice they look? It
seemed to be a bit of all of these which meant as a whole it lacked focus.
I liked the idea
put forward that that the river both unites London, as it runs from east to
west but also divides the north from the south. Also the idea that bridges are
part of views, can frame views and can be the place from which you view a
scene.
I loved some
photographs by George Davison Reid in the 1930s taken over three years and
representing a walk along the river. Also Piranesi’s design for a bridge at
Blackfriars although he never came to London! In the paintings there was a
lovely Ginner of London Bridge in which he’s almost molded the pattern of the
river with paint and three Nevinson’s! You can never have enough Nevinson’s!
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Guardian
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