Gallery Visits

Today I went to Ikon to see Robert Orchardson's Endless Facade. I loved the shapes within Orchardson's sculptural pieces and the light and shade around the sculptures which changed as you walked around the pieces. I like the repeating quality of the shapes and the geometric patterns they create. I found this inspirational as i have been using geometric shapes within my work so far.

Then at BMAG I particularly liked this painting by Henri Fantin-Latour. I love the hues in this painting which are bright yet sad and almost funereal. The detail on the petals is amazing. I recognised this as the same artist which Peter Saville featured/reproduced on the cover for Power, Corruption and Lies. Saville used the classical and romantic painting and contrasted it with his modular, colourful coding.

I love the colours in this stained glass window by Henry Payne. I would like to use acetate to print some of my work and get these vivid and luscious tones. 

I was intrigued by these pencil drawings by Kenneth Martin which represent kinetic structures and investigate movement. A simple square has been transformed into a number of different permutations.