Cathy's Art Diary

Colourful exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery looking at the work and career of Eduardo Paolozzi. This was a visually stunning show with space given to the work even though over 250 works were included. However I found the narrative got a bit lost by trying to tell a series of stories in large spaces. It would have been helped if the labelling had been more consistent with larger labels to mark the start of a section. The leaflet was useful as a guide to what sections to look for as otherwise the story would have got very confused. I liked the wonderful cacophony of work in the downstairs gallery showing the earlier work and I loved the fact that design work was included as well as sculpture, painting, prints and collages. I was amused by the material designs and the Horrocks’ dress in Paolozzi in a yellow, black and white geometric design. I want one! Upstairs I loved the section on his work in the public space including a lovely painting of the design for the Tott...