Maggi Hambling: War Requiem and Aftermath
Interesting exhibition at the King’s College Inigo Rooms at Somerset House of work by Maggi
Hambling.
I loved an
installation called “War Requiem 2” which was a room playing Britten’s War
Requiem with pictures of faces in spiralling paint with two mirrors so you are included and a
paint splattered chair. It had the effect of an explosion and victims on a
battlefield.
Another room had
the top of a well from the Suffolk coast with sounds coming out of it which was
very atmospheric.
The final room
contained her latest sculptures made in late summer 2013 as a follow up or
“Aftermath” to her War Requiem pieces. These were found pieces of wood,
remodelled, coated in plaster and then cast in bronze and painted. I liked the
effect of these on mass in a large room.
All in all an
innovative use of this space which can sometimes be quite awkward as it is made
up of a corridor and small rooms.
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