i find that it's always worth checking out the parks when you visit a foreign city. beside providing a welcome break, they can contain some interesting surprises. last week, exhausted from visting two museums and too tired even to think about shopping anymore, my friend and i took a walk in kensington gardens. i was so glad we did, because otherwise we'd have misseed anish kapoor's mirror sculptures.
there are four of them, and rather than looking out of place as so many modern sculptures can, these really complemented their surroundings.
sky mirror, as its name suggests, is placed at an angle to reflect the changing sky. another, red mirror, is also directed at the sky but has ared tint. the one l liked best was the c curve, a convex mirror thar makes you see everything upside down. it was so funny to watch dogs and children approach it, trying to figure our what they were looking at. the secret of this exhibition's success is that it makes you appreciate what is already a lovely park even more. it will be on display until march 30th. i'd drfinitely recommend taking the time to go and see it for yourself if you're in london. what's more, it's free!