tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post998773570272634036..comments2024-03-08T17:06:56.189+00:00Comments on mrs miniver's daughter: maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-81092349096907685772017-03-12T17:12:35.443+00:002017-03-12T17:12:35.443+00:00I wouldn't have noticed, Lucille! So agree abo...I wouldn't have noticed, Lucille! So agree about museum captions. It's so distracting when you're mentally harrumphing about their apostrophes. But, apart from that, how was the exhibition? It looks rather fab on the website. <br /><br />I think that's what I mean, Sarah - she looks more at home in a small space. Didn't you enjoy the Hockney? I was quite enthralled by that video, though I'd seen it before at the RA - though I guess real crocuses are better! I even liked the little i-pad sketches at the end. But it makes so much difference if you're jostling in a crowd. <br />I had a lovely visit to Fenton House before Christmas, now you're tempting me to go back. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-73994384302617789402017-03-11T16:39:39.274+00:002017-03-11T16:39:39.274+00:00Fatal to criticise proof reading as I have left a ...Fatal to criticise proof reading as I have left a 't' off Svenskt. <br /><br />Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-20802686728569321122017-03-11T10:07:56.104+00:002017-03-11T10:07:56.104+00:00Oh I think you are a little harsh on Vanessa. She ...Oh I think you are a little harsh on Vanessa. She was after all the first female British abstract painter and surely the fact that you covet her rug is testament to the longevity of her design work. I find her work soothing and love the way she juxtaposes colour. It was a lovely surprise to come across two of her flower paintings at the Otter Gallery on the University of Chichester campus the other day. They looked perfectly at home in a small space and hanging next to a botanical painting by Elizabeth Blackadder. We stopped at Gail's for a coffee and a shared pastry which was so filling we didn't need lunch or tea. I do understand about the jarring; I felt the same coming out of the Hockney and had to have a calming down session at Fenton House with Peter Barkworth's excellently curated legacy - the crocuses in the orchard in the sunshine were a wonderful bonus and better than the Hockney video installation of the seasons unfurling. I missed the sunshine in the mausoleum so will return to DPG one day in the week. Unfortunately on the freezing Saturday we visited the main gallery space was too crowded to enjoy the art. Sarah https://www.blogger.com/profile/14230327066600698804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-38239084957747505792017-03-11T08:50:38.212+00:002017-03-11T08:50:38.212+00:00We could have whizzed through together! I moaned e...We could have whizzed through together! I moaned elsewhere about the chatting attendants who made it impossible to read the captions or think an independent thought. But in the end I felt much the same as you and derived far greater pleasure from my brunch at Gail's and a saunter through the park.<br />By the way if you want to see a shockingly, hilariously un-proof read set of captions, head over to the Fashion and Textile Museum for the Svensk Tenn exhibition. Some of them rendered incomprehensible because of spell check I suppose. 'Resent' for 'recent'?Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-39888235409870364702017-03-11T08:29:49.400+00:002017-03-11T08:29:49.400+00:00I know, GIna - there's definitely charm, and I...I know, GIna - there's definitely charm, and I suppose the inflated reputation isn't her fault. KInd of jars coming out into the gallery and seeing a Gainsborough! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-33790960255210180992017-03-11T08:16:46.348+00:002017-03-11T08:16:46.348+00:00I totally agree with what you say about Bell's...I totally agree with what you say about Bell's talent but there something appealing about the domesticity of the paintings. And I love the tag line "lived in squares, loved in triangles"!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.com