We were broke and bored on Saturday afternoon. So we went for a wander around Piccadilly to see if we could find something pretty to stare at with our mouth open for a few minutes at least.
So what did we find? Well to start with, we were unable to make it in time to get into the Joan Miro sculpture exhibition that's currently on display at Connaught Brown. Peering through the shuttered window we could see warped three dimensional versions of his paintings, but without the colour obviously. Which made for a rather different experience. Definitely worth checking out, but arrive early if you go on a Saturday because it closes at 1pm.
A few doors along was the tiny Archeus gallery. They’re currently hosting an exhibition called Ten Most Wanted, showing ten contemporary artists. It’s a mixed bag really. On one wall there’s a ‘50s advert style painting by Franziska Holstein (see above) for an electric cooker with pork chops sizzling away which looked distinctly tasty. Directly opposite, Shintaro Miyake’s distinctly odd “Tree House” shows a world of childhood secrets, hidden away amongst bare foliage. Elsewhere, excitement is rather hard to come by, though we liked the stack of sugar cubes made to like the visuals on a sound desk, even if we couldn’t really see the point.
Across the road at the Belgravia Gallery they had an exhibition of twentieth century Russian pieces (see inset). Much of it was tedious and veered from the over familiar style of Soviet propaganda posters to dull depictions of Lenin looking inspirational and noble. Still, they had some pretty landscapes and it’s probably worth a look if, unlike us, your attention span lasts longer than twelve seconds.
So it was a fine afternoon in the end and we got to wander around Mayfair looking as if we just might be Russian billionaires. We even popped over to Fortnum and Mason to steal free samples of posh food from their displays. Well if they’re stupid enough to give it to us, they’ve only got themselves to blame.
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