This was a very special event for us as this was the first ever thing we have done with Jimmy where we purely interpreted what we saw – there was no tactile aids (apart from our hands), there was nothing in the exhibition that could be touched
but we know jimmy enough to know that he would like it
he would like the colours, and the size and the subject matter
There was a high risk of us getting in there and he would get the hump
but he continuosly asked questions about the exhibit
and was genuinely interested.
Once upon a time this would never of happened
but he knows us now know enough to trust our judgement
and he loves fun, different,quirky things
on various objects etc to help explain
the positioning of our hands helped him to build up the composition
in his mind
so to have an object that it the wrong colour is silly and in jimmys eyes completely hillarious
ie – the blue face below
and the subject matter that he liked – if this was 3 dimensional he would have loved it
Lichtenstein. A Retrospective.
Tate Modern, London
David Smith (1906–1965)
the home of a welder
in bronze
it was like a treasure hunt
moving from 1 thing to another
and like most art
it is up to the individual to make of it what they will
so although some items we definite
others were quite ellusive, so jimmy would tell us what he thought they may be
after all this was based on dreams
Henri Laurens (1885–1954) –
L’Automne in Bronze
For those of you that know Jimmy they could not have picked a better sculpture!
Jimmy has a grand love for curvy women so this made his day
he loved the different shapes, and despite it being stylised each part was still very reckonisable to him
And to our Guide Deborah
who showed us around
who was very friendly and helpful