Saatchi's Winner
There's nobody quite like Charles Saatchi for getting newspaper editors excited. The London Paper gave the new Saatchi Gallery's opening exhibition The Revolution Continues: New Art from China a 3-page spread today. Better still, it posted 29 photos of the exhibits online, so we can all view them (title link). I was set to give this exhibition the raspberry, but I'm amazed by the talented works Saatchi has collected. You might think this perfectly composed photo is of an artist grovelling to Saatchi, but no. The figure is a statue by Cang Xin: Communication (2006). Behind it is a painting by Feng Zhengjie. The star attraction is Old Persons Home (2007) by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu. This features statues of world leaders gliding around in motorized wheelchairs, gimmicky, but fun. The show opens on Thursday and it's free. I can't believe I'm writing this: Go for it!
posted by Unknown @ 6.10.08
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Cheer up, Coxsoft - the communist bloc didn't like all them modern art phonies either so they made sure their artists knew how to do realism
- Watch out for the next wave of Art stars coming from North Korea!
Hi, Lennard
I'm not depressed by Saatchi's showing a bit of good taste at least. I'm gobsmacked! Maybe there is hope for the art world yet.
Rachel is not impressed: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4894654.ece
I have a feeling I might agree, but not having seen it, I reserved judgement.
Mmm, the critics are really putting the boot in. Here's Jonathan Jones (yes, the great JJ): http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/07/art.museums
Some big things in its favour are that it's a unique space in London, it's showing works that you can't see elsewhere and it's free! It seems that after Britart, there isn't really anywhere else people can find to go. Unless they're stuck of course.
A more considered view from Richard Dorment at The Daily Telegraph with a neat little vid too!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/10/07/basaatchi107.xml
Hi, Charles.
Thanks for all that. I must admit I don't read the art critics. What a pretentious, know-nothing mob! They jump on bandwagons and when that art goes out of fashion they jump on another one. Maybe they see Saatchi as yesterday's fashion.
I waded through the 29 photos from The London Paper before making up my mind. There's nothing I would call gobsmacking great art, but there's a lot of talent on display and it looks fun (taboo word for serious art critics). And it's free!
Maybe the critics would have liked it better if it were £10 or £12 to get in, like that Rosco Whatshisname at Tate Thingy.
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