Lucia Mannella curates Mark Humphrey exhibition


I attended the private view of Mark Humphrey's 'Interior Jewel Sculptures' at the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrave Square.

Mark Humphrey was showing furniture and objects - which had the duel purpose of being beautiful and functional. They were made from marble quarried and worked by craftsmen from Pietrasanta in Tuscany. The stone was very lovely, although the objects themselves would be out of place except in the richest of settings. Toshiko, one of the former students on the CSM Creative Practice in Narrative Environments course, had designed a lovely banner from Mark Humphrey's drawings.

The building was sumptous, the objects gorgeous, the people stunning, the organisation by Lucia Mannella impeccable and the wine copious!

Lucia is in my tutorial group this year.

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