Is it a book is it a show?
It’s both – well it was a show and it’s still a book.
I went along and looked at the art and looked at the people looking at the art.
Postwar Modern – The Barbican 2022
Return To Penrhyn Bay
Then the very next morning it came right back to me.
She wrote upon it:
Return to Penrhyn Bay – so I dutifully did
This is the land of the well-behaved bungalow, neatly tended, conscientiously swept, accessorised by B&Q.
The stoic sea and wind washed link-detached semi.
Nothing is out of place, except perhaps the architectural style – a West Coast blow in on the North Wales Coast.
To wander is to wonder:
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
The Barbican Estate – London
Bouncing betwixt and between Bonnard and Bill Viola from Tate Modern to the Royal Academy I took a detour to The Barbican – in search of the Dorothy Annan tiled mural.
Having failed conspicuously to find it, following an extensive and discursive wander, I did the wise thing and asked.
My thanks to the helpful resident and his young son.
Redirected and on course for our deferred engagement, Dorothy and I met at last on an underpass.
I also recently discovered a Barbican Manchester mash up – Gerrards of Swinton fulfilled their largest ever single order for the site – my thanks to David Roughley for the information and illustration.
Here are the snaps that I took along the way.
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