What's She Like?: March 2020

24 March 2020

Cañas with Mum

With so much more time on my hands at the moment, and with so much to think about - I find myself turning to my sewing bag for some relief

I embroidered a photograph for my wonderful Mum for Mother's Day - cañas and calamari sandwiches in Madrid, a treasured lunch repeated many times over the years. Something to look forward to when the world calms down a bit. The food, drink and sun - but mostly my Mum.

13 March 2020

Radical Figures

Loved my trip to the exhibition 'Radical Figures', at the Whitechapel Gallery today. In a rather worrying current climate the trip offered some much needed escapism! This is a group show and focuses on the human form - well worth a visit just for the colour and vivacity of the work.

Detail from 'Asger, Bill and Mark' (2015) by Daniel Richter

Detail from 'Lucky Beach' (2017) by Cecily Brown

One room explained the different artists' practice a little more - fabric scraps from multimedia artist Tschabalala Self, or postcards from Ryan Mosley's studio wall. Mosley once worked as a guard at the National Gallery and collected postcards from his time there.