Local Competition for Banksy
Author: Adam Isler
photographer
Alma Pub
On our walk up to the Upper Hale cemetery we cam across a new pub and I wonder if The Wellington was once a pub?
Upper Illium?
We walked up to the Upper Hale (one of Farnham’s villages) to see how they’d integrated the dilapidated chapel into the landscaping design of the cemetery (the work in this article has been completed.) Emerging into the Upper Hale we saw this house with its equine wooden sculpture (we didn’t check inside for Greek soldiers).
Shroom Season
Night Out, London
We went to the West End Theatre at the beginning of the month (Hamnet). This was the view from the bridge on the walk back to Waterloo Station afterwards, with St Paul’s cathedral prominently lit.
Fence
A back garden fence along a public footpath in Farnham, with bright afternoon sunlight.
Mayfair
After the Moriyama show at The Photographers’ Gallery, we went on to the Flowers Gallery where I was hoping to see Edward Burtynsky’s new work but I’d misread the web site and that show wouldn’t be opening for weeks. We went on from there, through Mayfair, to the Richard Saltoun Gallery for an excellent event dedicated to the launch of 2 new Hannah Arendt books. A perfect end to the day!
Photographers’ Gallery
Our next stop was the massive Daido Moriyama show at The Photographers’ Gallery.
Next stop on our gallery tour was the Royal Institute of British Architects in Portland Place. We’d been hoping to see the photography exhibit, Wide Angle View but it was closed and we contented ourselves with an exhibition of student projects and a library project on the difficulties faced by women architects in the largely male world of architecture.
Camden Art Centre
Several weeks ago, we did a crawl of London galleries, starting at the Camden Art Centre and the Bloomberg New Contemporaries, a student show that contained surprisingly mature work. Once again, I was struck by gallery spaces and the installation below (‘Twinkling finale’: 4.3.2‽_-⨅⨼, 2022 by Zayd Menk). Click either image below to see them larger.
Boarding Point
As we walked back from Bowers Lock via a different path along the River Wey Navigation, we passed many supported, falling down trees. Click images below to enlarge them.
Bowers Lock
Our walk in Guildford’s Riverside Nature Reserve ended at Bowers Lock on the River Wey Navigation. Click on any picture below to see them enlarged.
Wall Art
We walked along the River Wey Navigation which paralleled the actual River Wey for some distance. Click either of the pictures below to see them enlarged.
A Stand of Trees
A few weeks ago we took the train to Guildford and then walked the Riverside Nature Reserve along the River Wey Navigation. (click any of the pictures below to see them full size.)
Dragon’s Teeth
The concrete Dragon’s Teeth were placed here in WWII as an anti-tank defense.
Window Knob?
Stoked
