Gerhard Richter

Moritz 2000 Gerhard Richter. This painting is full of tenderness for the subject.

Gerhard Richter

Ella 2007 Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter

This painting by Richter is called "Secretary" 1964. It part of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery called Gerhard Richter Portraits. I really love his work although I disagree that it is without feeling I think his work is full of sensual pleasure especially his most recent portraits of his family

Banners of Persuasion

I went to the Riflemakers Gallery off Regent Street yesterday to see the Kara Walker Tapestry plus some others that were exhibiting before they are sent off to New York. The Riflemakers is an interesting space, an old gun shop, but was totally the wrong venue for the Tapestries. Kara Walker's piece was stuck in the window which was dirty and the window panes partially obscured viewing the work. Inside the other tapestries (Peter Blake, Garry Hume, Julie Verhoeven, Franscesca Lowe) were hung ceiling to floor with no visual space around them and extremely badly lit. It made the works look shabby which is unforgivable. It was a real disappointment.

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Another small painting

I used to live in a bungalow like this!

Painting

I have also been working on some small oil paintings on board of Seletar camp.

collage on board

This image was a photocopy of one of my collaged images. This is interesting because it retains a partial trace of the original image.

Experiment on board

This was an experiment I tried using the photocopied images from the web. I wanted to see how I could transfer or partially transfer the image. What I like about this is the flaky look to the image which echoes the idea of the decay of the old camp and time passing.

Kara Walker

This is my favourite Tapestry from the exhibition. It is by Kara Walker called A Warm Summer Evening in 1863 1.75x2.5m Wool Tapestry and hand cut felt silhouette figure, 2008. "her tapestry is based on an engraving first published in a newspaper, it shows rioters burning and looting an orpahanage for coloured children in New York" (demons,yarns & tales 2008, p18

Gavin Turk

This tapestry is by Gavin Turk called Mappa del Mundo 3.13x2m wool,silk and metalic thread tapestry, 2008

demons,yarns & tales

This is a contemporary tapestry by Fred Tomaselli called After Migrant Fruit Thugs.2.5x1.6m Wool background, silk birds with metalic thread,2008. It was made for the above exhibition with quite a few recognised artists. I would really like to know if this show is touring. The work in reproduction looks absolutely exquisite.