Throughout December, I’m sharing some of my favourite posts from 2014 – I LOVED this exhibition…
Intrigued to find out more about the origins of the ubiquitous geometric trend we’re seeing in interior design at the moment, I went to see the Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts (RA). As part of a special Latin Takeover night, we were treated to a really inspiring introduction from Head of Learning at the RA, Beth B. Schneider.
One of the things that Beth said, was that the artists who were part of this movement had “rather grandiose ideas that their art could change the world”. At that moment, I thought, “Believing your work will change the world is not grandiose at all, why else would you dedicate your life to something?”
Moments later, standing in front of a painting in an art gallery with the hindsight that it hadn’t solved the problems the artist hoped it would, I wondered if I had been naive.
But walking around the exhibition, being inspired and excited by the work there, I realised that it did and was still changing the world, even if just a little bit, person by person. We might not be able to end world poverty, or bring about world peace, but we can each change the world a little bit, by exciting and inspiring the people around us, by finding solutions to even just the small problems, by standing up for what we believe in… The exhibition is on until 28 September, so go and see it, and change the world, just a little bit.
Further reading for the especially geeky:
- out and about :: temple of agape
- out and about :: central saint martin’s degree show 2014
- out and about :: coppicing with sebastian cox
- out and about :: clerkenwell design week 2014
With thanks to Benedict Johnson, courtesy Royal Academy of Arts, for the installation images of Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, 5 July 2014 to 28 September 2014. Artwork images: Key. 34 / Cat. 0, Lygia Pape, Untitled (from the series Weaving), 1959, Woodcut on paper, 24.4 x 24.8 cm, © Projeto Lygia Pape; and Key. 29 / Cat. 0, Lygia Clark, Machine – Medium, 1962, Golden aluminium, approx. 48.2 x 66.1 x 61 cm, © The World of Lygia Clark Cultural Association.
