Yesterday I cycled down to the imposing White Cube Gallery in Bermondsey. Inside, it is a really impressive space. The street is now home to a string of fairly pricey brunching venues - all of which were packed out! I'm not sure if this is related to the new gallery or not. Currently they are showing works by Julie Mehretu, who has created some monumentally sized paintings. They are comprised of hundreds of line drawings of significant city squares overlaid on top of each other, along with accents of colourful acrylic paint, and more ink. She takes these urban centres as an architectural metaphor for political institutions, and as spaces and ideas of power.
In the north galleries are works by three younger artists. It seems White Cube has brought them together to represent some sort of new group of artists who use photography as their medium of choice. Or perhaps a new generation with a new approach to photography. They are Lucas Blalock, Erin Shirreff and Matthew Booth. In particular I liked Blalock's work and there are some images below.
