I have taken in two good exhibitions over the last few days and they could not have been more different.
If you have read any art press over the last while, you will know that Kapoor at the Royal Academy is as garish and intrusive as ever. He’s made one of my favourite places his waxy playground but it is surprisingly refreshing and awesome to see a crater of wax bull-dozing through the Academy’s immaculate rooms. It’s a whole lot of fun. The mirror balls in the courtyard create an amazing scene in their reflections of the Academy’s classical architecture too. Kapoor seeks and deserves your attention.
Runs till December 11 http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
Monday morning, Yuko Shiraishi at the Annely Judy Gallery: a much more relaxed scene. Shiraishi has drawn on Sci-Fi inspiration to create a tea-house with a difference. Clean lines and typically Japanese minimalism make it a most aesthetically pleasing experience.
Runs till October 24 http://www.annelyjudafineart.co.uk/
And, starting mid-November, the Design Museum has a treat in-store for us. I saw this Dieter Rams exhibition in Tokyo (and wrote about it here: http://ahsoko.blogspot.com/2009/06/dieter-rams-fuchu-art-museum-in-fuchu.html). It’s educating, extensive and inspirational. For anyone with as much as a vague interest in product and industrial design or if you just like looking at nice looking things, it’s one not to miss.
http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2009/dieter-rams
