Cathy's Art Diary

Beautiful exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum of works by contemporary sculptor, Thomas J Price, among the older pieces in the collection’s sculpture galleries. I’ve admired Price’s hyper-real work for a while and it worked well in this space. I liked the fact it included small and large work but I would have liked to see more of it. I just counted five pieces plus a sixth in the British Galleries which I missed. It was lovely to set up a dialogue between the old and new pieces and between the sculptors of the past with this contemporary black view. Closes 27 May 2024  

Stunning small exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery of sculptures by Thomas J Price. I had seen some of the works before at the Fine Art Society and loved them. The main pieces were studies of contemporary black men presented like Ancient and Renaissance bronzes. I love the way these works show the ordinary and concentrate on small details such as the cigarettes in one figures pockets and the laces on the shoes. Each figure is named after the area they come from although they are factional subjects. Around the first room were also small head studies again showing amazing detail. The second room in contrast just contained one very large head. This referred back to the idea of monumental sculpture. It was very striking but I preferred the intimate detail of the smaller pieces. Closes 5 September 2016.