Head Space Daily Words...

I went to Tate Modern yesterday to see the World Goes Pop, an exhibition which focusses on the global impact and use of Pop Art as a medium and there is not a Warhol or Lichtenstein in sight!! The art was produced to make political comment and the very first piece, which you see to your left as you enter the exhibition, by Polish artist 'Jurry' Zielinski, is a statement of intent.

A couple of weeks ago I went to an exhibition of a friend's paintings at a gallery called Studio 1.1 on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch and as I walked around the rooms of the World Goes Pop exhibition, I thought how cool it would be to see my friend's paintings hanging at Tate Modern. You never know, it might happen one day. One of her paintings sits proudly on the main wall of our dining room, (see HSD Image.)

My friend was displaying work, along with another artist, in a show called 'Off Line On Line' and this series of paintings, which follow phases of night time, were described by the journalist Jessica Lack as encapsulating "that moment of anxiety and dislocation that occurs at night." These words made me think immediately of Lapalux and how the music of his latest album Lustmore makes me feel, stuck in that in between space, the void between night and day. In April I wrote a review of Lustmore and said that it "is best played late at night, as it captures a slightly twisted, dream like state," which I think is what Jessica Lack was getting at and possibly what my friend is trying to convey in her art. 

Seeing her art and practice evolve and develop is a beautiful thing and you can check it out for yourself here:

Miranda Boulton