This man, Jonathan Watkins the Director of Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, gave me my first opportunity to (professionally speaking) cut my curatorial teeth in the contemporary art world. I think he’s amazing, and would challenge anyone that thought otherwise. If you’re able to, invest in his vision for everyone’s sake.
Author Archives: Sarah Mayhew
Sensing Spaces at the RA
Apparently there’s a buzz building at the RA as they head towards the opening of Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined at the end of January, which I am really looking forward to. The exhibition opens on 25 January and continues until 6 April 2014, and will see seven architectural practices from around the world transform all 23,000 square feet of the RA’s Main Galleries in a mission to challenge perceptions of space. Curator, Kate Goodwin, is writing a blog charting the creative process behind this mammoth undertaking, and according to the RA it makes for fascinating reading.
Sensing Spaces at the RA
Something old, something new…
Looking forwards to writing a feature about Elizabeth Price’s work in collaboration with the Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers museums in the new year.
Until then, there’s art in the UAE to explore. First stop is the grand mosque in Abu Dhabi. Then recommendations come in the shape of “rustic, old stuff” at the Majlis gallery in the bastakiya. And on to Al Serkal in Al Quoz, and DIFC for the modern, financial district cluster of galleries.
Canals – stories, and cross-sections
Been thinking about layers within canals – cross-sections of clarity… About the history of canals, what they’ve seen, what’s been done to them, their secrets… And about the word history, the French word histoire – story.
Layers of light and water
Images taken in my studio of some wall-mounted works I’m playing around with. I like the way the light passes through the acetate casting shadows on the wall behind it, and that this shadow changes as the position of the sun moves. A constant reminder of our place in the world and the notion that greater powers beyond our control are at work. The photos were taken in Annecy, France.
Sarah Frances Mayhew 