Another trip to a museum

I wanted to visit two museums after the classes I had for the past couple of weeks. The first museum I went to was the Saatchi gallery. Seeing as I went there rather spontaneously, I was not able to go to any of the private exhibitions. However, they did have one free exhibition, named Studio: Response. It was an exhibition collaborating with three artists, Luke Hannam, Tom Norris and Luke Routledge.

 Luke Routledge did the sculptures, Tom Norris created the ceramic vases and Luke Hannam painted the canvas art. My favourite was the art done by Luke Hannam, especially since it was painted on canvas, which is something I had never seen before in a gallery. Seeing the various patterns, colours and textures that the artists had used were rather fascinating to me, and I thought the exhibition was quite nice. To be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of the exhibition was, but nevertheless, I found the art to be interesting, and I will definitely look further into the individual artists. 

The next museum I visited was the Victoria and Albert (V&A). I went to see the Known and Strange collection, from Sir Elton John and David Furnish Gallery, which was in the Photography Centre. The particular display I went to see was ‘The Unseen’, by Tereza Zelenková. Zelenková is a photographer from the Czech Republic, who is inspired by literature, philosophy, and mysticism. To me, her work has a very eerie atmosphere to it, and I feel as if I’m looking at scenes from a Horror film. I really like the fact that it is in black and white, which ironically makes the art stand out. My favourite photo was the Býčí Skála Cave in collaboration with Peter Watkins, an English film director. My reasons for liking it are due to the mystery of it (it makes you want to know more about it ) and also because I like landscape photography (anything including nature I tend to like).

References

Luke Hannam-https://www.animamundigallery.com/luke-hannam-artist-page

Tom Norris- https://www.jgmgallery.com/artists/45-tom-norris/

Luke Routledge-http://lukeroutledge.com

Tereza Zelenková-https://terezazelenkova.com

Saatchi, C (1985), Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Hunt, T, (1852), Victoria&Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom