Cathy's Art Diary

Beautiful exhibition at Cristea Roberts of new work by Clare Woods. The main selection of work were some bright bold collages made of painted paper. The subtle shading made you think at first that they were paintings. There were some landscapes but my favourite were the flower arrangements with heavy nods to the Dutch Golden Age as well as using a technique which made you think of Matisse. There was also a series of lovely silk-screen prints of stoneware pots and jugs in more muted colours. Closed 20 April 2024  

Vibrant exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery of work by the Indian artist Benode Behari Mukherjee from the 1950s and 60s. These were bright abstracted collages putting you in mind of Matisse but most intriguing was that Mukherjee was blind when he made them. He shaped and organised the pieces but touch and dictated the colours to assistants. The pictures made with paper, news print, string and bits of material, were full of action and life. I loved the pictures of street performers. Even more remarkable were the drawings on show, all also done after he had gone blind. They were expressive pictures of people and animals with no hints that they were produced from memory and gesture not sight. Closes 22 February 2020 Review Guardian