ArtSpam Favourites: June 2022
It’s been… a month. Yup, I‘m going to put it like that. It’s been an odd vibe to be honest. The art world is a funny place. It reminds me somewhat of Caliban’s speech from The Tempest by William Shakespeare:
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had wak’d after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again; and then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak’d
I cried to dream again.
Too meta? Well, you pop along to The British Museum and see that exhibition on feminine power or head over to The Design Museum and see clothing stitched together from recycled plastic, or perhaps check out the Royal Collection’s Japan exhibits and be befuddled by a full samurai armour suit being given as a diplomatic gift to James I. Like I said… its been an odd vibe. But check out the list of these artworks… Damn! And you’ll see what I mean…
Incense burner in the form of an Ox, Arita, Japan 1640-1670. Acquired by Mary II. From the exhibition, Japan: Courts and Culture :- Royal Collection Trust, Queens Gallery Buckingham Palace, London 2022
Screen Painting (Byôbu), 1860 Itaya Hiroharu (1833-82) Given to Queen Victoria by Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, 1860. From the exhibition, Japan: Courts and Culture :- Royal Collection Trust, Queens Gallery Buckingham Palace, London 2022
Marble Statue of Venus, Italy AD100-150 from the exhibition ‘Feminine Power: From the Divine to The Demonic’ at The British Museum, London 2022
Dance Mask of Taraka (Hindu Flesh eating Ogre) from the workshop of Sri Kajal Datta (b. 1973) West Bengal, India C.1994 from the exhibition ‘Feminine Power: From the Divine to The Demonic’ at The British Museum, London 2022
Handwoven shirt and trousers with plastic waste ‘Adelaide House’ collection 2019 San Patrigano and London-based sampler Plastic, Deadstock Yarn. From the general collection at The Design Museum, London 2022
Izanami and Izanagu on the Floating Bridge of Heaven, 1847-1851 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)from the exhibition ‘Feminine Power: From the Divine to The Demonic’ at The British Museum, London 2022
Artwork depicting the crying tiger 2021 Melissa Kitty Jarram. General Collection The Design Museum, London 2022
Miniature Cabinet (kodansu) c.1880-1900 Komai Company (est.1873) Purchased by Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) 1941 :- Royal Collection Trust, Queens Gallery Buckingham Palace, London 2022
Embroidered folding screen 1880-1900 Iida &Co., Kyoto Japan. Given to King Edward VII by Emperor Meiji for his coronation 1902 :- Royal Collection Trust, Queens Gallery Buckingham Palace, London 2022
Recycled-fleece zip-up and dog coat 2020, Sam Gosling. General collection The Design Museum, London 2022.