I recently watched The Tree of Life, A film by Terrence
Malick staring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. The film centers around and a middle
aged man’s memories of his family living in 1960’s Texas, whilst exploring the origins
of creation and the meaning of life. The ‘history of the universe’ sequence is visually
amazing and is like a poetic editing of all the most stunning images from
nature and science documentaries. It is virtually impossible to explain this
film as it is almost completely open to the interpretation of the viewer. It
left me with many questions about the creations of life, how is it all
connected? How did we get here and why?
We love the painting series of Yago Hortal, a catalan painter based in Berlin. Hortal was born in Barcelona, 1983 and studied fine art at the University of Barcelona. He has participated in several shows and prizes around Europe and some of his works are part of private collections around the world.
These images are produced by using electron micrographs, basically microscope photographs. Its fascinating out amazing things look when you zoom in really close. These images are mainly plant cells that have been died.
When I think about “Polka Dots”, the first thought
is Kusama, the old strange lady. At the moment Kasama has an exhibition in Tate
modern London; which I went to see. Yayoi kusama is a Japanese artist. She was
born in 1929, so this exhibition is like a reflection on her life’s work.
This exhibition has 14 rooms, and presents all of her
work form 1950s.
"INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM - FILLED WITH THE BRILLIANCE OF LIFE"
A depiction of Kusama’s obsession with infinite space.
Her mirrored installation creates an environment that the viewer can explore
surrounded by their own reflection. This particular room in the largest
installation of this type she has made to date. Being in the room gives the
feeling of infinity and the sensation on being suspended ‘in a sense
of self and accompanying Kasuma on her long on
going journey of self-obliteration’
"I’M HERE, BUT NOTHING"
Room 12 was showing darned domestic interior featuring
everyday furniture and accessories, such as a table, chair, and TV, but the
whole room gave you a surreal and mysterious feeling. Lots of fluorescent
sticker spots covered all of the room under a dim light.
This room gave me such a special feeling, when entering
this room my white shirt and my light blue bag begin to shine. It felt like I
became part of her work, it was so fantastic!
Nature paintings by Keith Tyson are acid primed aluminium sheets or mirrors covered in paints pigments and other substances manipulated to interact in specific ways.