Desde el Salon (From the Living Room)
Fun eclectic exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery of work from the art collection of the insurance company Hiscox picked by Sol Calero the Venezuelan artist. The gallery was painted in very bright colours which made the art pop off the walls. Re-reading the handout the artist aimed to set it up like a house and give the sense of looking at someone’s private gallery. Evidently the yellow walls have architectural works, the green the outdoors and nature and the pink the interior of the house. I must admit I didn’t get this at the time but mainly because I was too busy looking at the great art works. Stand outs included Abigail Reynolds folder paper works with cut outs from a top picture exposing sections of a lower one, a set of 10 lithographs by Chris Ofili and William Blaeu’s map of Bermuda from 1640. Most novel was a silk scarf shown framed by Pio Abad but there were also two rugs by Miro and ceramics by Picasso. Closes 15 August 2021