Sunday, November 25, 2007

London, November 2007

Catching up on the last ten days: things I should have posted at the time!

Baselitz at the Royal Academy:

Baselitz in the Royal Academy courtyard
Baselitz in teh Royal Academy courtyard
A wonderfully enjoyable exhibition about painting and photography at the Hayward, The Painting of Modern Life, including artists I have long admired, like Vija Celmins, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas and Martin Kippenberger, and some new to me - Robert Bechtle, Johanna Kandl and Elizabeth Peyton amongst others.


"I have always maintained the image in order to first present a sort of illusion, and then deny it by making it flat in a way that we work to get through. I like the place in the middle where it shifts back and forth."

(Vija Celmins)


And just enjoying The Mall and Whitehall in autumn sunshine:



The Mall
The Mall
underneath Admiralty Arch
underneath Admiralty Arch
Nelson's Column in the sun

Late afternoon at the Barbican Centre:


Late afternoon at the Barbican Centre

And the newly refurbished St Pancras station:


St Pancras
St Pancras with a ghostly tower looming behind the roof
Betjeman statue at St Pancras

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now you've found st pancreas you can catch a train to Carcassonne and on to Esperaza! Easy! Can l expect you for Christmas? xnil

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