Sunday, 13 March 2011

Exhibition Review at Leeds Art Gallery

chosen room - Room 15 - the collaberation of the collections 1950's L.A.G 'painting' and 1949's 'Head VI'.
This exhibition is centred around Francis Bacon and artists he knew, worked with and was influenced by. The theme intends to expose the tension between the interior space of the body and space of location.
Paintings range from cubist, realist and abstract influence and were painted between the late 1800's to the late 1900's.
My favourite artist of the exhibition was Robert Macbryde due to his bold colours and precise yet fluid lines chosen to depict his muse.
I also found Paula Rego's 'artist in her studio' (1993) interesting as I was a little disturbed by the sinister references within the painting combined with the beautiful and almost cheerful colours.