It seems odd, doesn’t it? A summer exhibition in December. Like an autumn Christmas? Or a weekend of Tuesdays. But the summer exhibition stretches into January to give the likes of me and the Textiliste time to enjoy its eclectic, weird, thought-provoking, crass, tasteless, brilliant mix of art, craft and everything in between.
The Royal Academy, as the above ceiling hints at, is an august institution – definitely not a September one. There has been a summer exhibition for, well, ages. Years. Eons. And it’s fairly democratic and inclusive and, as a result, inclined to the odd…
the trite…
and the surreal…
You can buy the art, or copies of prints if that’s what’s on sale – the little red dots by the pictures or sculptures denotes a sale – or, like us, just look and enjoy.
This year there seemed to be more craft…
more colour..
more of everything…
There is always some politically inclined…
Even if it’s on the tasteless side of satirical
and there will always be stuff that is just beyond much explanation…
and eventually these dictate your overall views…
as you ask them…
I think every exhibition I go to leaves me de-feet-ed.
Here are some other pics… no explanation is available; that’s the beauty of the summer exhibition. It’s imagery beyond words…
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It Brilliant isn’t I love such eclectic art! Going to the obvious, I do like the Last supper. I see Lennon got his wish to be God, poor Amy still looks sad everyone else seems to enter the spirit of it….even their shoes strike me as significant.
All in all it looks amazing….when Ruby’s better I am going to try and get up there 💜
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It’s worth it. Let me know if you do and we can try and meet up
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Thank you Geoff I would love that and I am definitely interested in going. Just need to get Ruby better . One of us needs to watch her right now as cone if shame or no she tried to get her dressing off!
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I too loved the Last Supper, and recognised nearly all the diners. I thought your capture of the flaming cockerel with the fire point to the rear was inspired, whether intended or not!
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I always intend those pictures post facto. I failed on one diner. The guy second from the left in red
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That’s a blind stag for me!
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The Last Supper is excellent. What an amazing mix of talent, imagination and insight! Thanks for sharing Geoff.
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Glad you enjoyed…
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What fun! I loved the police and surrealism. Who says you can’t have a summer exhibition!
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There is so much to like here. The stick person, the coracle shaped boat with the odd passengers, the colorful woolen and feather creatures. I’ve been at two art exhibitions myself recently, and while there was whimsey, there weren’t any large fabric/felt/feather/wooden creatures…
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It is always a little mind blowing. Anyone can offer up their art and the various rooms are separately curated which I love…
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excellent post
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I so wanted to see this, but try as I might, I couldn’t get the photos to load. Maybe memory trouble today.
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How frustrating. Technological dementia is such a trial…
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Now I take it back. It finally loaded. I thought the last supper was terrific. I enjoyed them all actually.
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It was. Took me an age to guess who was who and I still had to ask about the guy in red, second from the right.
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Yeah who is that?
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Michael Hutchence of INXS
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I never would have been able to name him.
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Me neither. Not really my thing…
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😁
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Oh my, what an assortment. The last art exhibit I went to the artist made sculptures out of lint from the dryer. It made me wonder if she went door to door asking people for their dryer lint.
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Urgh. On the TV they should a picture of our Prime Minister crafted by a barber out of his daily clippings. Technically clever but a bit like pulling a politician out of the plug hole…
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I went to the Summer Exhibition a few years ago. Yes, there are some wonderful art works there, as well as some bizarre ones!
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It’s a full on optical overload. I probably need to go back to do it justice.
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This looks like an exhibition I would enjoy and Terence would not. I really liked the table of little trucks. I have a whole tray of Thomas the Tank trains.
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Why am I not surprised, given you have South Africa’s Chucky collection… Sorry dolls… Are they all Thomas the Tank or do you have others from Audry’s stable?
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Well … to be quite honest … I probably have them all [haha!] including Cranky the Crane and Elizabeth the Truck.
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Your house must be extraordinary (I’d expect nothing less).
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My house is extraordinary, Geoff. Nothing matches, nothing co-ordinates and yet it all works together in a madly chaotic way.
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That’s my sort of house, too, even if the chaos, as in yours, is the responsibility of the female resident. It’s very clear who is the alpha hereabouts!
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I had to come back and add that Terence does have a room. It is very dull and ordinary with a big screen TV and leather furniture. Just in case you wondered how he fitted into my house [giggle]
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I know the feeling. My desk is in the corner of the TV room mostly the preserve of our especially ancient cat. Most of the other rooms are full of a loom, knitting machine, wool store, material boxes, art cases, quilts, paints, easels… writing is such a tidy hobby…
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Yes, writing is certainly far more tidy than art, baking, and other creative hobbies.
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Now is this particular exhibit juried? If so I would really like to meet the judges and learn what substances they imbibed before making their selections.
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Each room is curated by a Royal Academician of note, so there a few I’d prefer not to be castaway with…
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Well at least you know who shouldn’t have been considered “of note!”
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Indeed so!
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‘A Weekend of Tuesdays’ sounds like the title of a book I’d love to read…! 🙂
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Now there’s an idea
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