Cathy's Art Diary

Dark exhibition at Pace looking at the career of Adam Pendleton. I say dark because the work was black and white. Pendleton calls his work “Black Dada” an examination of blackness, abstraction and the avant-garde. The work is based on found images. I liked two large groups of framed transparencies called “Our Ideas #2” and “Our Ideas #3” based on collages using found images. Some of the work is more abstract than others but in others you can see the original images. They looked very striking together.   Closed on 9 November 2018

Dull exhibition at Pace of new work by Adam Pendleton. I say dull as there were just six works and they were all black and white or black on mirror. I liked the effect of black lettering on mirror particularly as it changed depending where you were standing and what else was reflected in it. With one work the way I approached it made the work look completely black as another black work was reflected in the mirror. I think I could have done with a bit more explanation!