Monday 31 December 2018

Top exhibitions 2018

Crossroads: Kauffman, Judd and Morris, Sprüth Magers, installation view
Exhibitions Noticeboard – top 5 shows 2018
I missed so many shows that I wanted to see, this year – however, I did see some great ones. My top 5 (in chronological order of opening) are:
-          Crossroads: Kauffman, Judd and Morris (Sprüth Magers, 19 January – 31 March 2018)
-          Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy (Tate Modern, 8 March – 9 September 2018)
-          Bernard Frize: Blackout in the Grid (Simon Lee, 17 May – 30 June 2018)
-          Patrick Heron (Tate St Ives, 19 May – 30 September 2018)
-          Albert Irvin and Abstract Expressionism (RWA, 8 December 2018 – 3 March 2019)
Pictures below.
Crossroads:Kauffman, Judd and Morris (Sprüth Magers, 19 January – 31 March 2018)
Crossroads: Kauffman, Judd and Morris, Sprüth Magers, installation view
Craig Kauffman, Untitled, 1967
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1970
Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy (Tate Modern, 8 March – 9 September 2018)
Pablo Picasso, Woman on the Beach (Nu sur la plage), 1932
Pablo Picasso, Girl before a Mirror (Jeune fille devant un miroir), 1932
Pablo Picaso, Nude in a Black Armchair (Nu au fauteuil noir), 1932
Pablo Picasso, The Dream (Le Rêve), 1932
Bernard Frize: Blackout in the Grid (Simon Lee, 17 May – 30 June 2018)
Bernard Frize, Vatu, 2018
Bernard Frize, Session, 1999
Bernard Frize, Levet, 2017
Bernard Frize, Wir, 2018
Patrick Heron (Tate St Ives, 19 May – 30 September 2018)
Patrick Heron, Cadmium with Violet, Scarlet, Emerald, Lemon and Venetian: 1969, 1969


Patrick Heron, Interior with Garden Window: 1955, 1955
Patrick Heron, Green and Mauve Horizontals: January 1958, 1958
Patrick Heron, Five Discs: 1963, 1963
Patrick Heron, Square Green with Orange, Violet and Lemon: 1969, 1969
Square Green with Orange, Violet and Lemon: 1969.

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Square Green with Orange, Violet and Lemon: 1969.

Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/culture/patrick-heron-retrospective-tate-st-ives-delights-matisse/
Albert Irvin and Abstract Expressionism (RWA, 8 December 2018 – 3 March 2019
Albert Irvin, Kestrel, 1981

Albert Irvin, Hands on Piano Keys 2, c1955
Jackson Pollock, Yellow Islands, 1952
Albert Irvin, Sky, c1960
Albert Irvin, Black Moves, 1964
Albert Irvin, Almada, 1985