Introduction


Can each day be headlined by a word (or two) and represented by a single sentence?

Will they, in turn, weave together to form a tapestry of the year?

It may be more mundane than momentous, but it’s mine to share.

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Four Exhibitions and a Monument

Undertook my roughly annual visit to mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) where four exhibitions were on offer: International Exchanges – classic modern art including works by Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and even a Jackson Pollock; Diary Rooms – a revealing collection of notes written by serving soldiers in Afghanistan collated and presented by Derek Eland; Contemporary Jewellery – some too stunning to possibly wear; and Naming – a David Lynch (of twin Peaks renown) collection of art, photos and video; then, just outside, the Bottle of Notes – a monument celebrating the maritime and industrial heritage of Teesside, with the bottle made of words from Captain James Cook’s log, fabricated in locally worked steel.

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