March Visit to Saatchi Gallery London
Our good friend Michal Cole has a piece on the wall at the Saatchi Gallery London. It is photograph from her series of power women at home–in fetish-like outfits. Her idea is to expose the idea of the masks we all wear to fit the various roles we play in our lives. Michal has a challenging take on the idea of portraits. We were very happy to go there with her and see them both in schwank SW3.
Michal won spot in the gallery via the web contest that was run last year. It is a great program to help give talented artist some primo exposure. Saatchi is even generous enough to sell her piece without a commission.
The rest of the gallery has a lot to see as well ;0 . There is currently a theme about artist from the middle east. Kader Attia’s room with the praying figures made out of tin foil is really impressive. To me is was a statement about the emptiness of prayer–but one might see other things in it. The sculpting of the foil is sublime (even if you half expect to see a potato inside).
I also like the “Hidden Victims” blurry piece by Halim Al-Karim down on the main floor. The images in this gallery can make one a little queasy as they flow in and out of focus. Some are very special lambda prints which is a stunning print process for digital work.
I also thought the oils by Ali Banisadr and especially his Land Of Black Gold was great stuff. The show runs through May 9, 2009.
Also check out the Saatchi website which has a lot of neato social media things on it..
