Champagne Life
Fun exhibition at
the Saatchi Gallery of work by contemporary female artists.
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There was some I
liked and some I didn’t like so much but it was presented in quite a sparse
almost “see what you think” way so I felt that was fine. I was pleased I bought
the small leaflet for the show as that told you a bit more about the work than
the very brief labels. On the whole I feel you should be able to get an idea of
what the art if doing just by looking at it but it can add a bit more when you
understand the reasoning behind it.
I liked the room
with the huge pieces in it by Alice Anderson of a ball of wire and a piece like
a huge cotton bobbin. The detail in them up close was wonderful. Also Jelena
Buiajic’s huge detailed portraits of older women which include marble dust,
ground granite and limestone in the pigment giving an added gravitas to these
ordinary women.
Who can resist
the stuffed horse on a bean bag by Sohelia Sokhanvari! I’ve no idea what it
meant but it was a stuffed horse on a bean bag! In the same room I liked Maha
Mahhuk’s wall of Arab cooking pots which created a lovely random pattern but
were also fascinating to look at the different designs and states of repair of them
up close.
However my
favourite piece was a wonderful life sized sculpture of two cows by Stephanie
Quayle. One seemed to lean on the back of the other with such tenderness.
Closes 6 March
2016.
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