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Rise up residency: David Shillinglaw
Walking towards Northdown Road from the Margate seafront in search of breakfast, we passed this vibrant and fun piece of art. Looking up the name Postgate stage we discovered it’s a stop-motion animation studio - a lovely hat tip to Oliver Postgate, who, as the website notes, was from Kent.
The mural is by David Shillinglaw, part of the Rise Up Residency. We’ve spotted a few of theirs over the years - we walked past this one and this one on our way back to the house.
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Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly
While we were at Turner Contemporary for the Hockney window we also headed upstairs to visit Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly.
Some of the pieces positively glowed. Some of my highlights:
Spiral Geckos
Luna de Siembra (Lunar Gardening)
La Escolta (The Night Guardians)
Hojas de fuego (Leaves of Fire)
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David Hockney: Sunley Window 2026 and SUMO book
Whenever a visit to Margate is on the cards I take a look at what’s on at Turner Contemporary. This time I found David Hockney: Sunley Window 2026, which looked like a good companion to my earlier exhibition visit. It turned out to be exactly that - the image filling the window was part of the same series.
It looked amazing. So vibrant, so big. And I loved the way the coloured light reflected onto the floor and walls.
In the gift shop we came across A Bigger Book (SUMO edition).
It really is a bigger book - it even has fold-out pages for images where that still wasn’t big enough.
Totally impractical to own, in terms of both price and sheer size, but wonderful to leaf through.
