unilever: tacita dean

miró

a stunning show, spanning a life time of work.

from the surreal and contemplative to the raw and violent abstraction, miró mastered many mediums and was truly and great experimenter and inspiration.

francis alÿs

the other week i visited the francis alÿs exhibition at the tate modern. a show spanning painting, film, installation, animation, sculpture and drawing the bredth alone is inspirational. i particularly love his dreamy mark making style, the results witty and melancholic: