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SAATCHI ENCORE 18.03.15


Regular visits to the Saatchi is never a bad thing... So I'm definitely not one to stand for hours on end at each master piece staring into its depths analysing all things bright and beautiful however I do enjoy wandering through this gallery gazing at all the weird but wonderful art that is brought in each time. On the left was a huge floor sculpture done by Jean-Francois Bocle called 'tout doit disparaitre'/'Everything must go!' done in 2014 made up of 97,000 blue plastic bags. Now I am 100% sure that it had a very meaningful message about society, waste, consumerism, and perhaps even a link to the soon to be stopping of the supply of plastic bags in supermarkets...... however I can only say that the ONLY thing that I was thinking when I saw this piece was that I desperately wanted to jump onto it and bounce around and lie in it and wriggle. I did make a run at it (comme une blague) and got a few disapproving glares...

And swiftly moving on.. I LOVED this artist Federico Herrero from Costa Rica who created a series of fantastically vibrant geometrical pieces. These beautiful compositions have a liberating and unrestricted sense of space despite the geometrical packed feel to them. The contrast between the layers of colours and form create the sense of an overhead view of something, a building plan, landscapes, a buzzing town or city.. But in a completely different light you could look at it and see a web of communications, a network of some sort, the process of thoughts. Whatever it is it's alive and functional. When I initially looked at it, it reminded me of cells growing out of each other, continually multiplying.. What i find particularly interesting about this artist is that he has done his works everywhere and practically anywhere- canvas, floors, walls, parking garages, buses... What a cool dude building his art into life and society for everyone to appreciate daily.



 JORGE MAYET: OMG I really adored his intricately wonderful works of natural objects. Made out of electrical wire, paper, acrylics and fabrics, Mayet's photographic memory allows him to recreate exquisite life like sculptures from landscapes that are indented in his everlasting mind.

 The artist below, Dawit Abebe, forms curiously unusual figures that keep their backs towards us throughout his paintings. Who are these unknown figures? and why are they turned from us? Are they bodies of banishment, criminals with punishment sentences? Are these agile bodies turned tactfully for a purpose? To let their backs act as shields, to shield themselves from the ever changing and dangerous world that we live in? I just found myself surrounded with questions and a lack of answers to these paintings.


I was really intrigued by this artists work below. Alejandro Ospina compositions exciting and irregular forms, shapes, patterns, colours, prints in his oil on canvas works. There is so much energy and movement within his works that makes me want to jump in and be a  part of them. Its like watching a westend show, theres so much energy, movement, atmosphere and happiness going on up on the stage that you just want to hop on up and join the fun. I found myself staring longingly at these paintings in exactly the same way. I couldn't say what was exactly going on, one could only guess.. but theres defiantly active relations, conversations and happenings in these paintings!




The below pieces of art are done by the artist Boris Nzebo in acrylic on canvas. The outstanding opulence of his work creates a visual complexity with the layers of architectural structures behind the imposing faces. The vibrancy of the colours, the contrasts between the layers, foreground and background and the intensity within the gazes all create such a mesmerising effect. I really love the lines that create pathways all through the paintings, you have people walking in streets, leaning on doorways, following the pathways that are still within the overlay of faces. Really eye capturing and fascinating to immerse yourself in, following the streets and paths yourself whilst studying the immediate faces that stare out to you.











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