{"id":2168,"date":"2019-03-01T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T18:40:09","slug":"a-visit-to-the-saatchi-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/a-visit-to-the-saatchi-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to the Saatchi Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Whilst staying with friends for the weekend on their Dutch Barge moored very close to the Hammersmith Bridge we took the opportunity to immerse ourselves in Art.<\/p>\n

Firstly we visited an Art Fair in Chelsea Town Hall showing a diverse range of art styles. It was very busy with lots of very small stands and felt a little claustrophobic. I wondered how many sales actually took place and how much the artists had had to pay for their space!<\/p>\n

Then onto the Saatchi Gallery, founded in 1985 by Charles Saatchi, and finally on to the Tate to see the Edward Burne-Jones exhibition.<\/p>\n

The Saatchi Gallery is housed in a beautiful building and grounds with free entrance to all. It hosts several exhibitions some of which are wacky to say the least \u2013 a sculpture of a horse wrapped partly in cling film with a fur coat over its head, a sofa with the back taken out of the frame, and a circle of vacuum cleaners attached to the wall were amongst many of the strange exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\t\t