London Exhibitions 2013

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11 years ago

LONDON CULTURE NOV 2013 Klee & The Chinese Masters

Qui Ying ,Saying Farewell at Xunyang (Detail) Early 16th Century. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City

Gaze of Silence Paul Klee 1932

Possibly Emperor Huizong, Auspicious Cranes 1112. Liaoning Provincial Museum

Comedy Paul Klee 1921

Attributed to Shi Ke, Two Chan Patriarchs Harmonising their Minds . 13th Century .

Chen Rong Nine Dragons (detail) 1244

Historical Site Paul Klee 1927

Yuan Jiang The Palace of Nine Perfections (detail) 1691

A Young Lady's Adventure Paul Klee 1922

This is my choice of London current important exhibitions.

Masterpieces of Chinese Paintings from 700-1900 at the V & A. An incredible assimilation of rare art works from collections around the world. Categorized in different eras ans styles. Objects of Devotion 700-950, The Quest for Reality 950-1250, Embracing Solitude 1250-1400, The pursuit of happiness 1400-1600, Challenging the Past and Looking to The West 1600-1900. The other part is that the exhibition is accompanied by the wonderful lectures and workshops not to be missed, Digital Dragons, Dim Sum Demonstration, Painting of The Mongol Dynasty in China and events for the whole family . Lastly there is a 14 day Imperial Jewels of China Cruise to be won and other prizes.. run to the V&A now.

Down by the River at The Tate Modern The Ey Exhibition: Paul Klee Making Visible, The "God" of Bauhaus . Abstract, geometric , organic. A magical man who was at one with cosmos as he was grounded in Life. He influenced so many other artist such as Rothko.

"He used to gaze for a long time at his prepared canvas before he began the drawing… I have never seen a man who had such creative quiet. It radiated from him as from the sun. His face was that of a man who knows about day and night, sky and sea and air. He did not speak about these things. He had no tongue to tell of them. Our language is too little to say these things… Klee, when beginning a picture, had the excitement of a Columbus moving to the discovery of a new continent. He had a frightened presentiment, just a vague sense of the right course… Klee set out to discover a new land." Jankel Adler on Paul Klee .

One of my favourite artists of all time Swiss Paul Klee's work is so refreshingly Modern but has the depth of another era that to me has not been seen in our Modern times of today.

"I cannot be grasped in the here and now For I live just as well with the dead As with the unborn Somewhat closer to the heart Of creation than usual But far from close enough."

Paul Klee own words on his tombstone.

Enjoy.

Masterpieces of Chinese Paintings At The V&A

26th October 2013 - 9th of January 2014

Corresponding Workshops & Lectures

Paul Klee at The Tate Modern

16th of October 2013- 9th of March 2014

Visions of Sebastiao Salgado

The Nomadic Nenets Yamal Peninsula Siberia 2011

The Nomadic Nenets Crossing the Ob river to enter the Arctic Circle, Yamal Peninsula Siberia 2011

The Nenets : What made us survive all these hundreds of thousands of years is our spirituality; our link to the land.

The Nomadic Nenets Family Yamal Peninsula Siberia 2011

The Reindeer of the Nenets Yamal Peninsula Siberia 2011

Oil Wells Greater Burhan Kuwait 1991

Dinka Man covered in Ashes which sterilises the skin against insects and parasites Sudan 2006

Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Omo Valley Ethiopia 2007

The Anavilhanas covering 1000sq km if Amaziona Rio Negro Brazil

Two Mursi women, Omo Valley Ethiopia 2007

Yacare Caimans in the Patanal State of Mato Grosso Brazil 2011

A Yali man in the Jayawijaya mountains of Irian Jaya, West Papua 2012

The Mentawai Siberut Island Indonesia 2008

Zo'e Tribeswomen, State of Para Brazil 2009

Church Gate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay India

Coal Mines Dhanbad Bihar India 1989

Macaroni Penguins in Zavodovski Island, The Sandwich Islands 2009

Miner Standing up for himself Serra Pelada Gold Mine Brazil 1986

Figure Eight Serra Pelada Gold Mine Brazil 1986

Ladder Serra Pelada Gold Mine Brazil 1986

Arizona

Upper Xingu Kamayuva Shamans Brazil 2005

Namibia 2005

The Mentawai Siberut Island Indonesia 2008

Elephant Seal Calves on South Georgia, Barren Island on the South Atlantic

Sebastiao reading his Sumo size book Genesis by Taschen

Genesis Exhibition at the London Natural History Museum

The look in the eyes of the Seals, the brutality of the life of the miners, the intoxicating beauty of our natural world The Patanal, The Okavongo Delta, the dunes of Namibia and the incredible lives of the tribes from Siberia to Java Indonesia that live the same way for thousands of years. God do I live in a bubble in London.

These images just stir so many emotions in me, amazement, respect, sadness, anger, love but mostly awareness thanks to the courageous and humanitarian "photo-god" Sebastiao Salgado.

The love and sensitivity this man has for this planet has been recorded in many photo essays and books ,some of the images I choose are from "Workers" on labour all over the world , "Migrations" on the displacement of people due to famine and war and now Sumo sized Genesis is " My Love Letter to the Planet" a project that took Sebastiao into a journey of 9 years and over 30 journeys of trekking, canoeing, ballooning and travelling to the ends of the earth to visually connect us back into our planet, its tribes and its beauty that is still here.

" We need to recover our instincts, to learn more about nature"

" I wanted to give others the opportunity to see the nature of a pristine planet "

I wish I could make these pictures bigger as you can only skim the surface of their power here. Luckily the Natural History Museum in London is showing a retrospective of Genesis until the 8th of September 2013.

Otherwise you can get The Collectors Edition of the Sumo sized Genesis designed and edited by Salgados wife Lelia Wanick Salgado published by Taschen and also a custom made bookstand designed Legendary Japanese Architect Tadao Ando.

There is more information on the websites below of other work and books. A lot to read and learn.

Thank you for bringing us back the wonders of that still exists in our world. May they always be here for generations to come..

Genesis Exhibition at the London Natural History Museum

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