arts
December 20, 2025
‘Geometric lines, strong colours and shadows created a striking image’: Anne Rayner’s best phone picture
A sci-fi playscape at an exhibition in Gateshead had the photographer’s granddaughter entranced
TL;DR
- Anne Rayner took a photo of her granddaughter Phoebe at an art exhibition in Newcastle city centre.
- The exhibition was Harold Offeh’s The Mothership Collective 2.0, featuring inflatable plastic balls.
- Phoebe engaged actively with the art, rolling, throwing, and kicking the balls.
- The artist's ambition was to encourage joy through play, which Rayner believes was achieved.
- Phoebe enjoyed the exhibition so much she asked to go back a second time and excitedly told her family about it.
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