Tim Walker: Wonderful Things
Strange but
beautiful exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum looking at the work of
fashion photographer Tim Walker.
I started
thinking it was an interesting but slightly dull show as the first room was a
standard white gallery room well described but fairly ordinary. It did set up
the themes of the show and Walker’s technique of building elaborate sets for
his work but you’re not sure how the show is going to maintain interest for
more than one room.
Then you turn a
corner and you are entering the sets you have read about and into Walker’s
fantasy worlds. If anything the installations overwhelm the photographs but
it’s a rather wonderful experience.
I liked the section
looking at how the museum itself has influenced Walker over the years and
included some lovely objects from the collection including a lovely strained
glass window of a couple in bed. Later on there is a homage to the conservation
department of the museum and to the Edith Sitwell items the museum holds.
Closed 22 March
2020
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