Thursday 2nd November: White Cube, Bermondsey

As I'm interested in colour and light in art I visited the Bermondsey White Cube to see the current exhibition of Ann Veronica Janssens, which is her first solo show in the UK.  With this tri-colour lamp “Reggae Colour” from “Dichoric Projection” she exposes how different coloured lights can create charged atmospheres, specific perceptual effects or psychological moods.  In the same room are equally cosmic works including a floor of scattered iridescent glitter and two large holographic coated, shattered panes of glass.  In addition to this are a gold leaf venetian blind and Aquarium with an optical illusion of a floating layer of blue pigment.  

I've also snuck in a few other images to give insight to other artists on show in the adjacent rooms including Cerith Wyn Evans 9X9X9 neon sculpture and Damián Ortega's "Coliseum: Diagram of Time" concrete blocks.

Thursday 5th May: "MISSONI Art Colour" at Fashion and Textile Museum, Part 3

After getting giddy from gushing over the abstract-art of the first room, you enter the main event space dripping in a retrospective of Missoni's delicate collections.  Each mannequin has a composition of patterned pieces that are all separate identities in their own right but come together as one complete identifiable aesthetic.  Tapestries line the walls as a backdrop palette of yet more knitwear technique and ingenuity.  Fragments of samples and sketchbook experiments are all on show to give further insight into the origins of the signature stripes.  Its explained perfectly in a quote by Luca Missoni:

"I would like to describe visually the fascination of a creative process that leads to the physical transformation of material.  It s the mystique of colour taking shape.  There is experimentation, the repetitive process of infinite research, the obsession that builds experience.  It is the art of creating a fabric."     

 Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF

6 May – 4 September 2016