Cutting a dash in Mayfair lately is this distinctive orange sculpture by Allen Jones, and arresting poster girl, Kate Moss, wearing one of the Royal Academician's 'bodies'. The ever-controversial, often-debatable Mr Jones, a pioneer of Pop Art, is enjoying a major retrospective at the RA's Burlington Gardens, the grand mid-19th building by Sir James Pennethorne. Allen Jones' show has provoked further discussion as well as mixed reviews. Either way, you can't ignore him even when you set those cut-out figures against the august statues of 17th century philosophers, Sir Francis Bacon and John Locke. The latter wrote 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'. Indeed!
To see the exhibition I wrapped up in Joseph knits, with a Tait & Style scarf. The bag is DKNY and the boots, by Ras, are firm favourites.
Friday night preview at a most beautiful West End space, the Royal Academy's Burlington Gardens, to see Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album. Exhibited previously only once (Texas in 1970), this display of over 400 original silver gelatin prints has a quiet nostalgia of a particular time (1961-1967) when the young, under-contract Hollywood actor simply decided to pick up a camera, after which he went on to co-write and direct Easy Rider. Thankfully, these diverse and story-telling images remain - to be seen and appreciated - of this artist's life as a young American. Easy dressing in an equally retro silk handkerchief dress, Topshop wedges, a '60s fringed bag, and Chanel sunglasses.
Caught the final weekend of the Royal Academy of Arts' show dedicated to one of the world's leading and most influential architects for the past four
decades, Richard Rogers. Renowned for an 'inside out' style that challenges how we see and use
buildings, Rogers' unique approach has created landmarks such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the
Lloyd's Building in London. Pictured in Burlington Gardens, I'm wearing a double-helping of Topshop: fantastic feathers and trendy trousers! My finely-knit jumper is by Roland Mouret and all the jewellery is vintage. The pops of green in the beaded bag and satin shoes add a little colour to the equation... I would like to think that Mr Rogers RA would approve. At the end of the exhibition, I left my mark on the comment wall, with a complementary feather!
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/richard-rogers-ra-inside-out/
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