My World is currently a mostly grey, too infrequently sunny and very much gripped in winter cold. From time to time this gloomy existence is once in a while in need of a little cheering up, a little distraction. This Saturday past my Fabulous Other Half (FOH*) and I, in search of said distraction, went to check out Premiums 2010 at the Royal Academy.
The Premiums is an annual exhibition of contemporary work by second year students studying at the Royal Academy Schools. Premiums is an excellent opportunity to view new work by emerging artists at the interim point of their 3 year course. Works in the exhibition include painting, sculpture, video and photography. Read more from the Premiums page here.
*Thanks to Brit Gal for pointing out my TLA (three letter acronym) mistake - not FAH, but FOH..oops.
Here are some pics of of the offerings for your perusal.
Click on the images to see them in a larger format.
The main Gallery space. There were 2 more rooms.
Oliver Osborne - Partners, Acrylic on Canvas, 162 x 245 cm
Oliver Osborne - Growing Right, Acrylic on Canvas, 150 x 210 cm
Katy Kirbach - Heartbeats, paper and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 230cm
John Vickers - Commander, mixed media, 154 x 80 x 80cm
Nicholas Hatfull - The Busy Life (Theme and Variation Spumante),
oil, acrylic and marker pen on canvas, 140 x 390 cm
John Vickers - Envoy, mixed media, 160 x 25 x 25
Nicholas Hatfull - (oops, can't remember what this one is called)
And that's it for part 1. Be sure to come back tomorrow to see part 2.
But only if you enjoyed the little look into Premiums 2010 of course.
For more looks at bloggers Worlds, check out My World Tuesday.
12 comments:
This is great. Thank-you. I lived in London for about 20 years, and now I'm in the sticks I still miss the galleries, theatres and second-hand bookshops. London's still a great place despite the grey skies of February! Greetings from the blue skies of Italy. Louise.
I know it's gray in London, like it's gray in Seattle, so this was a real treat! Really interesting and lovely works of art! Thanks for the visit, look forward to the next installment! Have a great week, Rob, keep your spirits up, spring will come -- well, at least that's what I tell myself every morning!!
Sylvia
Great works of art.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
It's a great museum, it's just I am not a huge modern art fan, go in more for the classics. However I do like the last one you can't name lol!
BTW this has been bugging me forever, so I'll ask - why FAH and not FOH, as it's other??
i love museums and i esp like the juxtaposition of the last one
What a neat place. I like these artistic offerings.
aloha,
thanks for taking us on a fantastic gallery tour..i enjoyed it...can we go visit another gallery, i'm enjoying the london scene virtually :)
Very notable art pieces.
What an interesting exhibition. I bet it cheered you up!
It is a long winter in Europe. You show us some very promissing art works. I really enjoyed it.
awesome art pieces. these contemporary art could be great finds in future years. thanks for this different "my world" contributon. i am no complaining of landscape but variety is good. :)
You have spotted some unusual and different pieces of art, some I like and some not, a good mixture.
Must be lovely to be ab;le to visit such a wonderful treasure house of art.
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