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.