EXHIBITION - GALLERY WALK

Installation Shot of Sebastiaan Bremer's "Heavenly Joy / Deadly Sorrow" in Egmont Revisited Exhibition at Hales Gallery

Heather Barnett led a gallery walk for us today. We met a White Chapel to see Zarina Bhimji (www.zarinabhimji.com). Then to The Rug Factory, Next Level Projects, Brick Lane Gallery and finally at Hales Gallery. The purpose is to see these exhibitions in a detached way to analyse the context and the ways of presentation, and ask why. Bhimji's show hang large prints lower than the traditional height, gives more intimacy and visual impact. There is a strong trace element in all her work. I also quite like Sebastiann Bremer's work (http://www.sebastiaanbremer.com/images/). He paints on photography with little beads. It gave me an embodied discomfort in the first glance, however slowly I feel it directs me to the surface under these portraits, biological and meta-physical. The little dot outside the contour some with colour gives a dreamy transcendent feel exploring the inner world with the external one. Quite fascinating. Anyway, the galleries we visited ranges from public, independent to commercial. From very low end to the other extreme. I like this kind of group gallery visit - seeing more things.

p.s. Interesting to know the biggest star shop "Atlantis" in Brick Lane. Fancy to visit it someday.