Opening of Rachel Maclean

18 October 2018

Finally it was the grand opening of Rachel Maclean’s Annual Commission at Zabludowicz Collection - I was in awe of everything!

Opening of Rachel Maclean
Firstly, I must say I have an amazing Zab Team and they were exceptional in pulling this off. Paul did an incredible job in leading the way and Maitreyi curated the 360: VR Room to perfection
Opening of Rachel Maclean
We gave a special lunch at home where many people came to visit from all corners of the country, including Nicky Wilson from Jupiter Artland, Pauline Daly from Sadie Coles and Stefan Kalmár form ICA
Opening of Rachel Maclean
Artist Rachel showed me her lovely new t-shirts and tote bags which were unique and fabulous
Opening of Rachel Maclean
She made sure all gallery assistants were wearing her wonderful designs
Opening of Rachel Maclean
Meanwhile in her new film Make Me Up, the on-screen evil eye was spying on us all us...
Opening of Rachel Maclean
…poor Siri is fighting for her life throughout
Opening of Rachel Maclean
Rachel’s first ever virtual reality work was a triumph and featured an apology for us all to see
Opening of Rachel Maclean
Our lovely friend Daniel Lismore paid us a visit and turned our Venetian work ‘Spite Your Face’ into a reality
Opening of Rachel Maclean
There has been no lack of audience since we opened, here they are huddled around ‘Spite Your Face’ which was show at 2017’s Venice Biennale
Opening of Rachel Maclean
The show has been a superb success with the press, whom have given us whole and half pages in the newspapers - including the Financial Times in which Rachel describes her work as ‘a heightened version of the world we live in’