{"id":6143,"date":"2023-07-12T22:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T21:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/?p=6143"},"modified":"2023-08-04T15:37:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T14:37:38","slug":"whats-lou-doing-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commonexception.com\/whats-lou-doing-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Lou Doing #1: Shape, Beauty, Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
*I think the term \u2018assigned fun\u2019 might take some of the fun out of it, and that experiences are meant to be shared (hello awe<\/a> \ud83d\udc4b) \u2014 sacrilegious I know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simone Brewster: The Shape of Things<\/a> \u2014 NOW Gallery, Greenwich (London UK) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed<\/a> \u2014 BBC iPlayer<\/strong> Unruly Bodies<\/a> \u2014 Goldsmiths CCA, New Cross (London UK)Seen \ud83d\udc40<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
29 June \u2013 24 September<\/strong>
I\u2019ve been a fan of Simone\u2019s work for a long time. I came across her fine jewellery first while I was doing research for a client and was immediately blown away by her talent. A multidisciplinary artist, Simone also creates sculptures, furniture, paints and writes for Vanity Fair. The exhibition is bold, colourful and asks us to look beyond what we think we know or understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was very lucky to see this film with my friend and brilliant filmmaker Olivia Martin-McGuire at an early screening last year. It\u2019s a beautifully made film directed by Laura Poitras about the artist Nan Goldin and her fight with other activists to hold the Sackler family accountable for their role in causing the opioid epidemic. Intertwined is Nan\u2019s own story, shared through much of Nan\u2019s own footage and photos, which brought many of her famous images even more to life to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30 Jun\u201303 Sep 2023<\/strong>
The Goldsmiths CCA is another one of my favourite art galleries. Designed by the Turner-winning group Assemble, the gallery inhabits what used to be the old Laurie Grove Baths in New Cross. In keeping with their style, Assemble left the old tiles in place as well as restored the cast iron water tank which forms one of the galleries. The current exhibition features thirteen women and non-binary artists, exploring the idea of the unruly body and disrupting conventional notions of what is and isn\u2019t unruly. A standout was seeing Anna Peach\u2019s wearable sculptures \u2014 the Wandering Pelvis and Warrior \u2014 in a performance exploring the space and tension between self and other.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGoing to \ud83d\udc4b<\/h3>\n\n\n\n