Tania Metalli

Artist, designer, obsessive compulsive maker

Books on my sidetable

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The tomb of the unknown craftsman

The first exhibition I visited this year has been Grayson Perry’s The tomb of the unknown craftsman, at The British Museum. It was a great way to start the year, and I am looking forward to more inspiring exhibitions.

It consists of a selection of Perry’s work, alongside artwork from the British Museum collection, chosen by Perry himself to explores different “themes connected with the notions of craftsmanship and sacred journeys”.*

It is a celebration of the physical act of making art and of the created object, it is a celebration of ideas and materials, and above all, a celebration of the artist as a craftsperson.

I have found it incredibly touching and inspiring. I strongly recommend it to anyone who appreciate arts, crafts and history.

It is still on, till the 26th of February.

Grayson Perry at the British Museum

Grayson Perry at the British Museum

Grayson Perry at the British Museum

 

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*extract from the exhibition catalogue.

Dining out

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Shadows of pictures to come

I’m experimenting with ideas, using black and white photography, and thinking about huge canvasses.

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Stripes!

tania metalli's creatures

tania metalli's creatures

tania metalli's stylish creatures

Creatures, black & white and stripes…back into familiar territory.

At least for a little while.

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Colourful me

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I have dedicated the past few weeks to experimenting with abstract ideas and colours.

Like mentioned already, I needed to move away from the “creatures”, I needed to stretch my creativity in other directions, experiment, get dirty with both ideas and techniques.

The results are a series of very colourful oil paintings of various sizes, some stretched and some not.

I am still unsure of the results and that if this is something I want to take further.

At this point I’m enjoying the process, allowing myself to play with ideas and make mistakes.

Something I don’t allow myself to do enough.

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