Cathy's Art Diary

Effective sculpture in the gardens at Palazzo Ca Corner in Venice by Lorenzo Quinn. I spotted this from the vaporetto on my first trip along the Grand Canal in Venice on this holiday,   yes beware lots of Venice coming up, and it grabbed my attention. I had to look it up. I must admit on my initial view I didn’t realise it was a giant pelvis complete with baby but it was a dramatic, large, silver work which filled the space. I will look out for it again in further trips along the canal. Closed 31 October 2022

Lovely exhibition at the Halcyon Gallery of new work by the sculptor Lorenzo Quinn. I discovered Quinn’s work in this gallery a few years ago and fell in love with it so it’s always nice to see new pieces. They always have such a wonderful sense of balance such as the piece shown of a man in the lotus position balanced on just two fingers of upturned hands. I loved “Force of Nature II” of a body covered in beautiful drapery which is hollow when you look at the end of it. The body pulls back a globe and the whole thing has such tension. There were some new pieces in the Quinn tradition of hands or figures within circles. I want to push them to see if they’d rock. Quinn has produced a bridge of six giant hands for the Venice Biennale which I’d love to see and a new work empowerment was billed that it “will play a vital role in promoting the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation”. Watch this space! Closes 30 June 2019

Lovely exhibition at the Halcyon Gallery of new work by the sculptor Lorenzo Quinn. I love Quinn’s work but I found it was getting a slightly saccharine and sentimental. I would rather have been left to think about them myself and didn’t need the quotes from the artist to labour the message. I still like his wonderful smooth figures and his use of balance in the work. I also like the high shine and finish to the work. I like his hands set in circles which rock and it was a nice touch that the gallery attendants were quietly setting some of them rocking as you walked round. I loved a work called “Balancing our Worlds” of two people pulling against each other in harmony, yes I know that sounds like a contradiction! My favourite piece was “Reach” of a naked couple with a ladder at an acute angel with the man supporting it at the bottom and the woman at the top reaching out into the unknown. Such a beautifully balanced piece with the ladder at just eh right angel and a se...

Stunning exhibition at the Halcyon Gallery of sculpture by Lorenzo Quinn. These were wonderful works by the son of Anthony Quinn who has done work for the United Nations. In fact I’m not really sure where to start! I found the pieces very peaceful and all gave a positive view of love and relationships. The modern Atlas, a life sized male nude doing a handstand and balancing the world on his feet rather than his shoulders, was amazing. The matching globes revolving in the window with male and female figures in them called “Each in their own world”. Downstairs were some lovely chess sets with large versions of the pieces all of which were hands so for example the tower was a clenched fist. Also variations on a theme entitled Gravity of one figure supporting another figure hanging from them hands. All wonderful!