C-Curve

Finally went to see Anish Kapoor's C-Curve today and despite hangover, demanding kids and a very tight schedule, I'm delighted I did. It's a stunning object - so stunning that it's easy to think you've failed to do it justice, whatever photographs you get of it. I like this one and a couple of the others I got (see my Flickr pages for more) but none of them comes even close to this beauty, or, better still, this one. But hey ho, there's always better stuff than yours out there isn't there?

The Dismemberment of Jeanne d'Arc

I was walking through the old municipal market in Brighton yesterday taking not very inspiring photos of graffiti when I noticed a girl sitting at a desk, encouraging passers-by into a huge dilapidated market hall. Inside were three or four curious red objects like this one, together with a hole the size of a small swimming pool. The inside of the hole - and the two huge piles of earth that had come out of it - had been painted the same vivid red as the weird lumpy sausage objects.

The effect was very striking - all the more so because of the drab greyness of the hall and some strategically placed red spotlights. The scale was impressive too - it's probably hard to tell from this picture but the sausage you're looking at is at least 30 feet long and 6 or 7 feet high, and the hole was at least 6 feet deep. The overall impression was surprisingly peaceful and meditative I thought. I have no idea how this relates to the dismemberment of Jeanne d'Arc, but that's the name of the piece - and it's by Anish Kapoor, the artist who's curating this year's Brighon Festival. There are a few more photos on my Flickr pages if you're interested.

Upside down Pavilion

This curious thing is a spectacular sight when the sun's shining and there are clouds scudding across the sky. I can't remember the artist's name or exactly what it's called, which isn't good enough really is it? I'll find out and will update this post when I have. I don't know if it's still in the Pavilion gardens but it's worth seeing in the flesh if it is, because one of the interesting things is how the reflection changes as you walk around it. It was a bugger to expose properly mind...