Visit to the Saatchi Gallery and Chelsea!
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Heya!
I hope you are all doing well! Firstly I would like to apologise
for not uploading a post last Monday. It is the Easter holidays and I have been
super busy but I don’t want to make up excuses I basically lost track of the
days and completely forgot! However I am back today for a new post, yay!
So for part of my textiles course we went on a trip to
London to visit the Saatchi gallery. I really enjoyed it so I thought I’d talk
about that today and show you all some of the pictures.
The Saatchi gallery is located in London, in the Chelsea area.
As you may or may not know Chelsea is a very nice area of London. As soon as
you walk out from the tube station you are greeted with marvellous architecture
and designer shops. However I will go into that in more detail a little bit
later on!
Anyway the walk to Saatchi Gallery is very short so not inconvenient
at all. For those of you who may not know the Saatchi Gallery is home to all
kinds of contemporary style art. I visited whilst the Champagne Life exhibition
was on. Now as a student who does a creative arts subject I have visited a lot
of galleries and although I am someone who appreciates that kind of thing I
must admit some are a lot better than others. This was my first time however
visiting the Saatchi gallery to view the work. I had previously been for London
fashion week and I knew contemporary art was something that interested me so I must
admit I did have high hopes upon arrival.
However my expectations did not fail me. I really, really
liked the gallery. All the walls were white so the focus was purely on the art.
There was such a wide variety of work and involved things such as paintings, sculptures,
photographs and all sorts. The work on display also covered very interesting
and current issues such as the Syrian refugee crisis, animal rights and many
other things. I think I was partly so interested in it because of how up to
date the work was with challenging current affairs and it was so interesting to
see views like these portrayed through creative elements. The gallery also
included famous artists and even school children who were obviously not professionals
but clearly very talented. Being able to see such a range of work which was completely
different however all in a contemporary style was very inspiring. It is definitely
somewhere I would recommend taking a trip to if contemporary art interests you.
Now not only did we visit the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea but
we also browsed through the very well known stores and strolled along lots of
the very beautiful painted houses and architectural buildings.
There were many shops along Kings Road but the one which me
and my friend’s particularly loved was Brandy Melville. This is a shop which is
not located all over England and only has a few stores here in the UK so when
stumbling upon it we just had to go in. I love the Brandy Melville style. Most
people I guess would think of it as a tumblr style. I think I would say if you don’t
know what it is it basically sells really cute chic clothing which is both
super comfy and casual as well as being really pretty at the same time. The
materials which the clothes are made out of are so so soft though, it is almost
dreamy!
We went in a few other shops but also had a good look at all
the buildings. On Kings Road we found a little section of houses which were all
brightly painted in pastel colours. There was pink, blue, yellow, purple,
green, and any colour you could imagine to be honest. They were super, super
cute and I couldn’t help but talk about them in this post!
All in all I had a really lovely day so I thought I would
share it with you. If you are on your Easter Holidays at the moment I hope you
are enjoying yourself and have some time to relax. Thanks so much for reading! I’ll
be back again next week!
Jodie x
