Hayward Gallery Review.

With very small and hidden sign, I finally made to the entrance of the gallery. However, the big smiles from the reception cleared up all the difficult journey to the gallery. From the reception, it felt like the gallery was going to be narrow and small but the moment when they opened the door for you it seemed I have entered to another world. The first impression of the room was quite dark and empty as the space seems too big with little artworks displaying around, also questioning the way they arrange the work was kind of bizarre to me. On the other hand, it did not feel like all the work was too in your face, that was probably why I felt like empty of the gallery. Not quite sure if it was near the closing time, people who working in the gallery seem more relaxing and not paying too much attention to the visitors.

The green door half opening with different shapes of handles on it, Ugo Rondinone's lax low lullaby was the only one artwork I spent the most time as I found it the most interesting out of the whole gallery. I was in my own imagination of the confusing faces from my friends when they were going for toilet if the door was my bathroom door. The different handles illustrate alive with ambiguity from Rondinone which are heavily fortified and it seems like a theatrical pop. Another artwork I found it very cleaver and useful was the Belts Couch by Monica Bonvicini, using her unusual imagination she made this brilliant couch I could really just put it anywhere in my flat. However, I thought It would have been more interesting if she used different colours or materials of belts to add some surprises. Surprisingly finding Lee Bul's chandelier Sternbau No. 3 around the corner of the ceiling near the stairs, It catched my eyes straight away as the shiny crystal and glasses combined of the shape I just could not keep my eyes off it. The elegance of the chandelier seemed to speak out for itself, it was speechlessly stunning piece of work and I would like to purchase one home if I could.

After finishing the new decor, Ernesto Neto's The Edge of The World seemed more like a playground for me and I would much prefer to downstairs' The New Decor. There was a little girl running around the place and she just took me back to my childhood time which was only happy times and without caring anything. I suppose that was the artist trying to express the feeling to the visitors, I thought they did a great job that everyone seemed very enjoying themselves by the place.

In short, I felt like I had a great time in Hayward gallery even I was just quickly browsing around. With very small and hidden description of artworks, I thought they could done better for that. Moreover, certain artwork was out of order was not something visitors would like to see it when they had to spend the money for the exhibition. With the spaces they used between The New Decor and Ernesto Neto, I would like to suggest them to find a balance as I felt it was too empty in The New Decor and it was too crowded for Nrnesto Neto even the differences of sizes of artworks.