Christopher Stone at “Turning the world upside down”

We had 4 days, just 4 days in which to include the wishes of 6 people, so what with eating, shopping, and doing the sights I eventually managed 2 out of 3 of my desires,
I never managed “Gauguin” at the tate modern, but I shall. SOON

What I did manage was, “Turning the world upside down” an exhibition in Kensington palace gardens by Anish Kapoor, what can I say ? except wonderful, and Thank you!

There are 4 of Mr Kapoors pieces installed in the park, the first one I came across was “Spire” a stainless steel cone, brilliantly polished, finishing in a wicked looking point, to me It looked like a running stream of mercury being pored and frozen as it formed a pool on the ground, and I probably enjoyed this piece the most.

The second pieces were 2 huge dishes,(Sky mirror’s) one set in front of the palace in the water, and the other set opposite at the other end of a long natural alley between the trees from Kensington palace to the Serpentine lake, the one in the lake is colored a dark red, and I guess on a sunnier day would reflect the sky, although on this particular day it reflected nothing, its counter part is bigger and shiny, and did reflect the sky, the images of passing clouds created a scene that we would have ignored were they not captured by the artists work, this dish needed a polish, or maybe we should have waited until the morning dew dispersed.

The last, and biggest piece is titled “C curve” its about 8 x 5 mts of curved s/s, again highly polished, it is a must for every one, a bit like the hall of mirrors, kids and adults alike spent their time jumping and waving at it enjoying their distorted, and comical reflections, I beleive that Mr Kapoors intentions were of a different nature,or maybe not, I tried to find a spot where the reflection in reverse melded with reality, where the same tree, both real and reflected became one, It it a feat of engineering, a fantastic idea, a treat for all those who view it, and a work of art.
Thank you again Anish Kapoor for sharing it with us all.

The above was one of my reasons to visit London, (My home town), after 16 years of living here in paradise, the other reason was “Nic Faddian-Green’s” “Horse at water” installed at Marble arch.

I have read quite a bit about Mr Faddian-Greens work, and seen lots of images, but none of this prepared me for the beauty I saw upon confronting this work first hand, it is an amazing feat, and my hat goes off to the Foundry, splended craftesman ship, balancing what must be 30 tonnes on a very delicate nose.

I spent a lot of time with “Horse at water”, walking around it, touching it, and gazing at this artists mastery, I wondered did the artist make a full size Maquette, or was it enlarged by the foundry? which ever, the result is amazing, from all aspects, I heard a tourist remark that ” How lucky for the artist to have such a good site for his work”, I feel that London is lucky to be able to show this artists work, and to be able to display work of this calibre at Marble arch, I am not sure if the piece is permantly installed, I know that it should be, I hope that it is, and that it goes on to become a London landmark as important as any other.