Swarm to the Saatchi Gallery

I visited the Saatchi Gallery twice when I studied abroad. They exhibit the most contemporary British art, and often the most controversial. I wanted to go with Sarah to see what they are featuring now. Admission is free now, but the art was less dramatic (for me anyway). There were some very interesting pieces, though, and this was one of our favorites.

Swarm by Tessa Farmer

Here's the description from the gallery's website:

Made from desiccated insect remains, dried plant roots, and other organic ephemera, Tessa Farmer’s tiny sculptures give a glimpse into the world of fairies. No story book land of Tinkerbells, Farmer’s Swarm envisions the purveyors of mischief and magic as an actual species, as animalistic and Darwinian as any other. Exchanging Victorian romanticism for the darker pragmatism of science, Farmer evidences her specimens as fearsome skeletal fiends, plausible “hell’s angels” of a microscopic apocalypse. Posed in dramatic battle formations, Farmer’s menagerie wages war against garden variety pests; each figure, painstakingly hand crafted and adorned with real insect wings, stands less than 1 cm tall.

It was amazing! And I always love just being immersed in art in London.