February 27, 2005

Cobbing Retrospective

It seems only a few days ago that the Galleries where covered in dust and workmen but already Philip Davenport and Jennifer Cobbing have virtually finished the hang of the Bob Cobbing retrospective. It’s been great to see the excitement of the hang and the discovery of how remarkable the work is as it is curated categorically in his progress from sound-language toward abstraction. The show’s centre piece is part of the massive 300 book collaboration Bob did with Lawrence Upton, but there are so many gems in the show it will be a must-see event opening on 19 March.

con creta - Leiria

 Having done virtually no research about Leiria before I arrived, I was very enamored with it - a very charming little town, given what I im...