Exhibition Visits

I went to see a retrospective of Bridget Rileys work at the National Gallery. I was a bit disappointed by how small the room was. I suppose that what you get for a free exhibition. I had seen a lecture she had done a few years ago and it was nice to be familiarized with her work again. As always her work is inoffensive and pleasant. Other than that there is not much more i can say abou it. Just as nice as the last time.

I visited the display of portrait drawings by Michael Landy at the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibition focuses on sitters from the art world, some of whom came to prominence 1990s as part of the group popularly known as Young British Artists. Selected from a larger group of drawings of friends and family, this is a project that occupied Landy for over a year – he drew someone every day, for eight hours, seven days a week. I enjoyed the detail that went into his work. It was interesting to see the difference in drawing styles, in drawing his partner the lines were more confident an d bold, and where he suggests the poser moved around a lot the lines are softer and more delicate. I love the idea of drawing someone every day, for eight hours, seven days a week. I would imagine the process would become almost like automatic drawing. And the sheer actually amount of work to show from the process would be stagering.