Weekend fun
Yesterday we braved the cold and wind and had the first barbecue of the year in our friend’s garden in Notting Hill. We even had blue tarpouline roof! How very English.
Watched Promised Land by a prolific Polish director, Andrzej Wajda. The films tells a story of three friends opening a textile factory during the industrial revolution in the city of Lodz (where I am going this summer, very exciting!) and how it all goes wrong. The film is full of amazing imagery and great actors including a beautiful actress Kalina Jedrusik. I forgot how pretty she was.
The film shows how greed and debauchery can bring people to ruin. It also shows the contrast between the rich industrialists and the poor folks flooding to cities from villages.
Unfortunately didn’t get to V&A as my friend had a major flooding in her apartment but I did manage to catch the Van Dyck exhibition on it’s last day at Tate Britain. I am not a Van Dyck fun, the paintings are bit flat, faces lack expression, the proportions are very often wrong. He clearly couldn’t paint hands and at the later stage of his career employed someone to do it for him. Having said that it was worth a visit, I do like to see exhibitions dedicated to one artist as it allows me to look carefully at their work and decide whether I like them or not.
Tags: Andrzej Wajda, Anthony van Dyck, Kalina Jedrusik, Promised Land, Tate Britain, V&A, Ziemia Obiecana