tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post6977074638945816549..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Pictures from a (very small) ExhibitionNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-63122334959046139602009-02-10T13:20:00.000+00:002009-02-10T13:20:00.000+00:00You're right there Brit - the NPG is a better bet...You're right there Brit - the NPG is a better bet in all kinds of ways. <BR/>And yes Sophie I know that feeling - I could barely keep my hands off that Nicholson...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-26587552550599196352009-02-10T11:53:00.000+00:002009-02-10T11:53:00.000+00:00Yes, I read the Januszczak piece on Sunday. It rem...Yes, I read the Januszczak piece on Sunday. It reminded me of how difficult it is to talk about art movements while they're actually happening.<BR/><BR/>If you get too caught up in the movements then a lot of rubbish is praised when the movement is in, and a lot of good stuff is lost when the movement is out.<BR/><BR/>Then again, much of the really instantly likeable contemporary art appears in the National Portrait Gallery rather than the Tate.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-31049827488465556332009-02-10T11:09:00.000+00:002009-02-10T11:09:00.000+00:00Exhibitions like this one, and also the William Ni...Exhibitions like this one, and also the William Nicholson one you mentioned in an earlier post, bring out a side of me which I don't much like. I am overcome with a green-eyed, Gollumesque urge to own these lovely things. I want to prise them off the walls, stuff them up my jumper and make a quick exit. Not that I have ever succumbed, you understand. I get my fix by acquiring things that are actually for sale. But it is a financially debilitating condition and I wish there was some kind of treatment.Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.com