Cathy's Art Diary

Delightful performance art event at Tate Britain conceived by Pablo Bronstein. The work takes over the Duveen Gallery on the first floor and reinterprets the space. At each end of the gallery are large photographs of each of the galleries entrances which seem to emphasis the classical architecture of the internal space. Into this are placed three dancers, dressed in red and black and wearing mock pearls, which turns the space into a promenade area. The dancers reinterpret baroque dance styles in a very set sequence in which each scene moves up the gallery space. I found the whole thing mesmeric. I loved the fact that the dancers rotated their roles and kept going throughout the day so as you dip in and out of other galleries you return to find the dance still going. It gives it a feeling of human perpetual motion. Both the dance and the photo graphs make you look at the space with a fresh eye.   I also loved that the dancers were in your space and you could walk b...

Small exhibition at the V&A looking at the clothes and creative vision of Annie Lennox. I am a big Annie Lennox fan and was really looking forward to this. What was there was good but it was very small. There we only about 6 outfits which were lit in turn so you had to stand in quite a cramped gallery for a long time to see them all properly. I liked the house in the middle to show the creative process and the gallery of photos but must admit I came away wanting more and remembering the amazing Kylie exhibition!