Posted on 4/5/2016
With its long rooms and square windows overlooking the sea, Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion is that rare thing in Britain: a masterpiece of modernist architecture. Its appeal, though, is by no means merely historical. For artists interested in spacious, minimalist presentation, settings don’t come much better than this.
Brazilian artist Tonico Lemos Auad has seized the opportunity beautifully, with a spritely yet refined range of sculptural objects. His self-titled show engages subtly not just with the gallery space, but with the natural environment and the community around it too.
As you enter, you are confronted with a cluster of linen poles, descending like woven stalactites from ...