Ok so im going to start on the Turner first as i have some clear ideas of what I saw within
the show and also my opinions of it. Then I will go onto the RA show as that was a much more
detailed exhibition full of various artists and depictions of Budapest in the 1800's-1900's.
This years Turner Prize seemed almost tranquil compared to previous years. With Susan Philipsz, Dexter Dalwood, Angela de la Cruz, and The Otolith Group, the artists were quite subtle in their ideas and exocution of them.
To be fair the prize has been extremely slated this year along with getting some praise by London newspapers. I myself found it at times boring but at the same time definetley different from what i had seen in the past. Yes its true you couldn't spend more than an hour in there but i did still find it worth seeing. I have my bets on Angela and The Otolith as their work was the more interactive and tactile. Whereas Dalwood and Philipsz was distant from the viewer/art goer/cultie?.
Overall de la Cruz's was not her best work, as i saw one of her catalogues outside the show and wanted to see what was in their rather than the show. Using plastic, paint, Broken stretchers she makes "The Painting" a more dynamic in form rather than material/subject art and i really liked that she'd thought out of the box in terms of flatness and how a painting could hang off the wall. I definetley suggest people to follow her as she has a strong idea going on in that mind.
Also the Otolith group showed various videos and one massive projection for the viewer to be taken in by i suppose, the two artists collaborated well and i loved the darkness of the space after leaving Dalwood's highly colourful, bright paintings in the first room.
To finalise on Dalwood and Philipsz, they just didn't seem interested enough in winning this year. Their pieces were kind of slack and i didn't feel so involved with their work, which is a shame because i believe dalwood could be a very unusual painter and philipsz could be more weird with her sound installations.
SO Thats my view on that show and to follow the plan of now reviewing the Treasures of Budapest Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art.....
Well where do i start! I really enjoyed the show with its history and collection mostly borrowed from the Hungry National Museum.
Full of drawings, Paintings, Sculpture (old and new) it was certainly a marvel to see and i
HIGHLY recommend that if you haven't seen this exhibit before christmas then you'd be missing out BIG TIME!
Yes it is slightly expensive but the pieces you get to see make the price all the worth it.
Normally i go into these shows expecting the flow to be a bit gammy and the timeline to be a bit confused but no these guys have it down to a T!
From the colours of the walls to the general layout of the work, the whole thing is really gorgeous to see. My only qualm would be is that i expected more modern work to be in the show rather than only 2-3 end rooms, but on the other hand some of the archived stuff feels modern and one might get a sense that the "old stuff" does feed into the modern with it's line, colour, subject and size. I mostly enjoyed the portraites but i would be lying if i didnt say some of the still lifes, sculpture and drawings weren't seriously beautiful along with some of the frames that depicted times of poverty and political turmoil.
Also seeing the history around the paintings was wonderful, there were some amazing Velasquez and Da Vinci's that you wouldn't have seen besides the Hungry National Museum lending their prized possessed collection to the RA. Anyway i can't really describe more to you as its more of an experience to see compared to just reading about it on blogs or newspaper articles.
Whether your kind of interested in art, totally interested in art or moresoe into history or travelling, this exhibit will feed your imagination in some way or other. GO BE INTOXICATED WITH COLOUR AND SUBJECT at this show and you won't regret it.
That's all Folks!
Lauren the Painter
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