Saatchi Gallery Visit PART 2

I can say that the Saatchi Gallery is one of my all time favourite galleries. I went to see the 'Paper' exhibition and I absolutely adored it. The exhibition was spread over fourteen rooms/spaces and you never knew what to expect to see in the next following room. 'Paper' was extremely varied, consisting of still life drawings, collages, photography, sculptures, installation, and paintings. Every single piece was unique and full of meaning. I highly recommend it to people who like to discover and see new things and ideas.

The Layout of the Saatchi Gallery is minimal, the rooms are large and each artist's art is regrouped on one side of the room.

I was very interested in Jason Brinkerhoff's nude still life drawings since I took a class which lasted a year doing the same thing. I love the way he mixes the colours together to create geometric shapes while his drawings still look like the human figure. His work is ''constrained by a single form- the female''. 

Fig 1 : Untitled (2011) Jason Brinkerhoff

Fig 2:  Untitled (2011) Jason Brinkerhoff

There were also two installations which I found eye catching, Marcelo Jacome's 'Planos-Pipas' 2013 and Richard Wilson's beautiful oil installation '20: 50' . I have never seen installations as big as these ones. I loved the idea of an optical illusion made out of oil. The illusion looked so real and was mesmerising. All the viewers would stay looking at it for a considerable time.

Fig 3 : Planos-Pipas (2013) Marcelo Jacome

Fig 4 :  20:50 ( 1991 ) Richard Wilson

Fig 5 : 20:50 (1991) Richard Wilson

The work of Yuken Teruya astounded me. Yuken recycles paper bags and transforms them into small trees. We can see that the leaves and branches are cut with exceptional care. I've recently discovered that he also makes sculptures out of toilet paper rolls. 

 

Fig 6 : Trees in Paper Bag ( ) Yuken Teruya  

Fig 7 : Trees in Paper Bag ( ) Yuken Teruya 

I highly recommend the Saatchi Gallery. It's varied artwork make it an entertaining experience, and provide inspiration to create Art in as many varied ways as possible.