Tag: Southbank Centre

  • When perception gives way to sacrifice

    When perception gives way to sacrifice

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    Eva-Maria Sanchez
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    Anish Kapoor returns to the Hayward Gallery with an exhibition that is both visually spectacular and emotionally unsettling. While his monumental voids and Vantablack sculptures continue to challenge our perception of space, his recent corporeal works confront visitors with flesh, blood, and sacrificial ritual. This review examines how the retrospective navigates the friction between quiet…

  • Iconic Portraits and Inner Worlds

    Iconic Portraits and Inner Worlds

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    Eva-Maria Sanchez
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    Yoshitomo Nara’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery invites viewers into an intimate creative universe shaped by emotion, memory, and resistance. Through paintings, drawings, and installations, Nara’s iconic figures explore inner worlds marked by vulnerability, political awareness, and quiet defiance.

  • Sewing dark memories

    Sewing dark memories

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    Eva-Maria Sanchez
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    This powerful exhibition reveals Louise Bourgeois’s groundbreaking use of textiles and fabric sculpture in The Woven Child, offering one of the most intimate perspectives on contemporary art at London’s Hayward Gallery.