Cathy's Art Diary

Calming exhibition at Pace Gallery of three female American abstract artists looking at their work in white and pale colours. At first glance these   worked looked very similar and a bit boring but as you looked closely all the work was more individualist and clever than you realised. I was most drawn to the work of Mary Corse and loved her “White Diamond, Positive Stripe” which at first appeared a constant white but you then realised was fading into slightly different shades. I also like her works on bevelled frames which were wedged at the back. Agnes Martin’s work incorporated thin pencil lines which played with your eyes and Jo Baer’s added a thin brightly coloured painted frame round her white works. Closes 14 August 2019

Dull exhibition at Tate Modern of the work of American artist Agnes Martin. This show did not benefit from seeing the colourful Sonia Delaunay just before it. In comparison it was muted and controlled. Whereas the Delaunay show seemed to ooze vivacity this had a sense of solitude and withdrawal. I found he square pictures with the carefully drawn pencil lines almost disturbing in their need for control. By about the fourth room I wanted the artist to break out of this pattern.   By about room eight I could barely engage with it and in fact made no more notes in the leaflet! Review Times Telegraph Independent Evening Standard