It might at first seem that the history of the architecture would be unsuitable, but the new Saatchi Art Gallery is exemplary.
   
         
   

 
   
   
         
   

These geriatric statesmen moved around under battery power and proximity sensors. Much enjoyed by all.
   
         
   

 
   
         
   

Some viewers were disconcerted by the splashes of colour.
   
         
   

 
   
   

 
   
   

 
   
         
   

This life-sized sculpture lay beautifully displayed and a visiting French teenager confronted it with her camera.
   
         
   

 
   
         
   

A distrurbingly large and slouching figure of a naked Chinese woman, intimidating and perhaps even ugly.
   

 

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© Brian Marsh, 10 April 2009 email initiative.cafe@btinternet.com