In 2020 the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Kent hosted a show called ‘We Will Walk – Art and Resistance from the American South’, celebrating and documenting the art of black communities in the 20th century. It was an exhilarating and moving show, with such a rush of humanity and bathed in an art spirit of the highest order. I wrote a little delayed art commentary afterwards but the show felt so profound, in many dimensions, that I struggled to do a full write-up. Here at least are some of my reflections gathered together with some photographs, to document this show.
Continue reading “We Will Walk – at Turner Contemporary”Just a great interview with Tracey Emin
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Continue reading “Just a great interview with Tracey Emin”Lockdown Art Tally
I planned to spend 1 month in the UK, arriving in early March 2020, to host an art project, The Body Room, in London. As the COVID-19 situation has unfolded, I stayed and it has been almost 5 months now. As I get ready to return to Valencia in a few days time, I thought I’d make a tally of all the new and unexpected ways I’ve engaged in art during the lockdown. In a rough chronological order, it goes like this .. read along and see how many you recognise too!
Continue reading “Lockdown Art Tally”Always go to Margate
The light lifts my soul. The wind tells me I’m alive (and it is always windy). I can look at the sky and somehow relate my life today, to Turner’s life and painting 200-odd years ago.
And I can see the faded glory of a Victorian seaside escape. Continue reading “Always go to Margate”