Went to Kettles Yard saturday and had a look at the latest exhibition. It has been a while since I have been to the gallery and next time I must make time to visit the house as well. The house is gorgeous in it's white walled, book lined simplicity.



Exactly the sort of house you could imagine living in happily forever. It is protected by a team of silverhaired ladies and on arrival you have to ring the bell to have a little pleasant smiling face peer around the door and invite you in. It's a rather lovely experience in itself.

Anyway the exhibition was by Mary Martin and entitled 'The end is always to achieve simplicity' which seems entirely appropriate for Kettles Yard.



But it didn't really do much for me, it was sort of mainly blocky bits of wood and perspex arranged geometrically and yes the arrangement was well executed but that was it really...

Yesterday after spending four months working opposite the building and staring through the window at a large Henry Moore I went to have a quick lunchtime look at the Fitzwilliam museum. This is a complete contrast.. the outside of the building has vast columns, and inside is decorated in a gaudy complicated overabundant swishy style!!!! But tucked away are a couple of Picasso's, a lovely Braque and a very simple Giacometti bust which were all very pleasing to the eye.... wandered further and as it is chronologically organised lost interest the older the paintings became....