The Baltic & Lazarides.

I went to see some exhibitions at the Baltic this week. There was an interesting installation by Richard Rigg. It was a mountain hut full of mud, wood and other bits of debris. You could climb in and walk around. I enjoy installations that you can be in amongst. It reminds me of the first exhibition I went to see at the Batlic by Yoshitomo Nara. However, I wasn't allowed to take any photographs!

I still made the most of my new camera and got some pictures of NewcastleGateshead Quayside from the glass balcony. Shame the weather wasn't better.

I was passing the Millennium Bridge as it opened....

I then made my way to Lazarides, The Outsider's Gallery. I love their space. Its so different to other galleries and gives a more relaxed feel.

I was most interested by the work of street artist, OakOak. http://oakoak.canalblog.com/

They use everyday signs and objects in the street and interpret them in a different way. They also made a whole alphabet using photographs of signs and road markings which I thought was very imaginative.

 A wind-up toy mouse out of bike locks.

 A piano out of door steps.

A fish skeleton out of a drain.