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| The Whitworth Gallery. Visited the Whitwoth Gallery and saw the the talented John Piper. In this exhibition some of John Piper's painting's may never be seen again as some of his paintings are privately owned. So I felt very privileged to view his paintings at the Whitworth Gallery. John Piper's work went out of fashion few years ago so it's nice to see that his work is appreciate again. |
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| John Piper |
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| "Foliate Heads" by John Piper. "Foliate Heads" was based on motifs that John Piper had been studying in mediaeval Sculpture, it is one of the designs that Piper repeatedly returned to. In 1953 he selected the design to submit to the "Painting into Textiles" exhibition at the ICA and it was subsequently produced in Rawtenstall, Lancashire by David Whitehead Ltd. In the 1980s Helen Feiler, inspired by Pipers fabrics whilst housesitting for him, pursued the translation of this design it wallpaper and lampshades. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Another well-known artist is Richard Long of his known for his sculptures in quarried stone. His sculptures are often built in to the landscape. In the exhibition he had two sculptures one called White Onyx Line ( 1990) and the Tideless Stones ( 2008). The White Onyx Line is quarried with the most beautiful stone. Some of the stone reminded me of Parmesan cheese the colour and the texture, I love this sculpture. Unfortunately I couldn't find a photograph of this particular sculpture.
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| Richard Long. Tideless Stones. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
The headscarf designs were produced by well-known artists such as Henry Moore and Matisse.
I was so delighted to see these headscarf's that I had researched of Zika Ascher and never expected to see them in exhibition in Manchester!
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