Cathy's Art Diary

Beautiful exhibition in the foyer of One Canada Square of sculptures in paper by Angela Glajcar. These works ranged from small works like ripped books to more monumental works which dominated the large space. In both the paper was layered and torn to create craters in the works which drew you in. The commentary invites us to think about whether the size and scale of work alters how we view it. Because of this I've included pictures of both a large and a small work. Closed 11 November 2022

Innovative art trail around the Fruit Market in Hull of installations using paper from the Colorplan range of Hull paper merchant G.F. Smith. There were some delightful works in this trail but it was also a chance to visit unusual buildings such as smoke house. Some installations such as that by Adam Holloway which used the structural qualities of the strength of the paper to build a large spiral work in white and coloured paper. Others used the colour such as “The Fabric of Hull” which was hanging using the different coloured papers woven together and made by the employees of G.F. Smith. My favourite piece was Jacqueline Poncelet’s “Island Life” which placed folder shapes in different colours on the floor of a closed space. As you walked through it you could see the colours change as you saw them in different combinations. There was also a pop up shop featuring items in the World’s favourite colour, as researched through an online project. The colour was a called Mar...

Late night opening for members at the British Museum with a focus on the current Ming exhibition. I had not been to one of these before but found that a friend was a member so we decided to go together. We were shocked at first by the huge queue to get in but the people soon diluted as they spread into the vast space of the museum. Many headed to the next queue to get exhibition tickets but we decided we could do that any time so headed to the members room and a glass of wine to make a plan of action. We went to an excellent lecture by Yu-Pong Luk, the projector curator of Ming, who talked us through the history of the period the exhibition focuses on using the objects from the show. She also outlined the three main points they had hoped to make, the importance of the Ming princes in running regional courts, the Mongol legacy in the styles and China’s engagement with the outside world in this period.   I had already seen the exhibition but felt this added to what I had...

Interesting exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery looking at contemporary works on and made in paper. I preferred the more innovative sculptural work as this seemed to be a more interesting use of paper than just drawing on it although I did like the rather Sims like kicthcen plans by Anne Toebbe made in collage which could be viewed any way up. People seemed fascinated by Yoekn Teruya’s little paper tress made by cutting an intricate tree shape from a paper bag and displaying it inside. There was quite a queue of people to gaze into each of these small works. My favourite was Jodie Carey with very beautiful flower arrangements with flowers made out of newspaper. Reviews Independent Evening Standard