Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (4.0/5.0)
Royal Academy, London
12 June 2014
Patrons in their summer best, a buzz of conversation. Enter via the Central Hall with it's political works. The Smaller Weston and Rooms I & II, dense salons of prints and other works juxtapositing mode and colour best taken whole rather than individually. VII overwhelms with a formal grid, IX just a red and black mess. Room III's big canvasses, swathes of colour, a visual feast. Exciting architecture in VI, liveable environments drawn and modelled. Exit via X's calm, contemplative, film and photography. Sometimes its a squeeze for patrons and art, at others it's inspiring to absorb so much at once.
