The gallery was, of course, wonderfully modern, set in what appeared to be a town house whose purpose had been changed. Typically everything was bright white, clean lined and high ceilinged. The images on the wall were small but perfectly placed, the only peice of funiture in sight was the small umbrella stand.
The exhibition was of Woodman's Zig-Zag series. What I love about
this particular series of images is how well they work as stand alone
peices as well as fitting perfectly together as one. Her work is fascinating. She creates self-portraits while keeping herself from being the main focus. Wodman blends herself into her surroundings, be that by literally wrapping her arms in bark or blurring her own figure wth long exposure. She uses he own body as she would use any of the other objects within her images. The images above are just a miniscule few of 100's that she created.
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| Francessa Woodman Victoria Miro Gallery October 2014 |
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| Tate Modern |
As the exhibition was relatively small, consisting of just 25 of the photographers images, I had plenty of time to take a stroll over to the Tate Modern. As ever they had some wonderful work on display. It is always nice to see the Picasso's and Dali's and Monet's. They currently have a display of Si Twombli's work too (Known to me only because its my sisters favourite artist.) which was great.
I was surprised by the amount of photography they had up. Robert Mapplethorpe. Albert Renger-Patzsch. One particular photographer called Hrair Sarkissian caught my eye. The body of work he has on display is titled Execution Squares 2008.
For this work he photographed areas in three different cities in Syria. All of which were places that have had public executions take place. The image below was one of my favourite from the series - worth having a look at!
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| Execution Squares 10 Hrair Sarkissian |
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