Ben Lingard

Tag: context

  • Forty-seven vaguely flat paintings of flowers

    Forty-seven vaguely flat paintings of flowers

    Whilst I was in London for the Spectrum install, I went to see quite a few exhibitions at commercial galleries. Most of these were in Soho and Mayfair because I was a bit time-poor and needed to keep things fairly contained. I only learned relatively recently that you can just go into these sorts of…

  • Context Matters

    Context Matters

    I saw the Hurvin Anderson exhibition at Tate Britain on Saturday. I knew that I wanted to see it. I knew that I was likely to enjoy it (unless they had really messed it up), and the framing controversy had made me a bit wary. I’m glad to say that it is VERY good. A longish digression…

  • Snow Leopards and Skyscrapers

    Snow Leopards and Skyscrapers

    When we were in London for the interim show, I made time to see Snow Leopards and Skyscrapers by Sarah Morris at White Cube. The attendant told me off for trying to take pictures, so these are scraped from the website. I had wanted to see the show anyway, but it ended up being one of those…