While wandering round yesterday, ended up on Fleet Street and saw the original DC Thompson building – Sunday Post etc! Also saw Old Bailey - v impressive.
Went to National Portrait Gallery yesterday, some really good stuff in there but not the exhibition we went to see – “Devotional” which was basically a collection of other people’s photos of black female singers, ‘artistically’ grouped with squiggly lines around their names. Not worth it.
Then on to the Barbican Centre for “Seduced – Art & Sex” – pretty much what it says! This one was a bit more absorbing and although some of it was a bit out of context for a civilised Sunday afternoon, it was quite well done, particularly in the latter stages where samples of different artists’ use of sexual images was interesting – honestly!
The Barbican Centre itself was way more interesting than the actual exhibition – a big arts/music/theatre/dance venue set in the middle of a massive housing complex. Built in 1972, it’s actually stood the test of time pretty well and although it’s a lot of concrete, there’s also a lot of greenery in the space – flower boxes, trees, plants and even a big water channel down the middle. Was dark by the time I thought to take a picture unfortunately!
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