Saatchi gallery chelsea

This recently opened gallery is free to the public and is easily found, from Sloan Sq. tube head down King's Rd for one minute and the Duke of York's residence is on the left. This has now been transformed into an impressive, modern, gallery. My motivation for going was to see a laurie lipton exhibition.I now realise that she was only featured online, as the gallery features its own online artists. She is, however, an amazing, stunning artist as you may agree if you follow this link.. http://www.laurielipton.com/


What my friend D and I did find here, however, was a collection of art by Chinese artists. It is probably not the 'done thing' to burst out laughing in a gallery, but when confronted by a huge statue of a donkey pushing over a skyscraper (or something worse) this is exactly what she did. This was by Zhan Huan and has something to do with the toppling over of government oppression, apparently. There is also some good work by Feng Zhenjie of blank-faced women, neither Western or Oriental in appearance, that represents the blandness of commercial advertising. There are some disturbing figures suspended from the ceiling by Zhang Dali, and conversely Cang Zin has very lifelike figures which seem to have fallen to the floor, the angel, in particular, appearing very real. One can get as close as one likes to these objects and also take pictures. Being a very silly man, I saw someone had dropped a hairband on the floor and pretended to take pictures of it. An art critic I will never be. However, this is a fascinating place to go to, not least because it is the newest London gallery and inside is what modern art is meant to be - striking and shocking.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/