Saatchi Gallery next to Sloane Square tube
Posted July 28, 2009 – 10:07 pm in: Art
The Saatchi Gallery has been moving locations from St John’s Wood 1985 >> Country Hall, South Bank 2003>> Kings road, Chelsea 2008.
The first great thing I have seen there was Richard Wilson’s 20:50, which was a room filled halfway with oil, making the observer feel disoriented because the ceiling was reflected in the oil. When the gallery moved to the Country Hall, it was a statement because you could see provocative modern art inside an historic building and there was an interesting dissonance between the exhibits and the space. The Saatchi Gallery in 2009 is amazing with lots of inspiring art works.
My favorite work was Yi Hwan-kwon’s Jangdockdae- when you look at the sculptures, you feel that something is wrong with your vision… Imagine how cool it will be if you could do image manipulation to physical objects!
Sun Yuan and Peng Yu installation reminds you the paradox of being by showing human sculptures of supposed to be world leaders in helpless state, but still carried by automatic wheelchairs around the room.
