Posts Tagged ‘gallery visit’
NIGHT IN THE MUSEUM: RYAN GANDER CURATES THE ARTS COUNCIL COLLECTION
‘When I look at sculptures of the human figure I am frequently left thinking of all the things that they’ve seen. This is the world of the silent onlooker.’ Ryan Gander As I entered the exhibition I discovered a variety of pieces in different stiles,media and materials. The exhibition was united with the color blur. Ryan gander has…
Read MoreIKON. Žilvinas Kempinas
In order to enter the exhibition I must go through a mixed media installation. A video of a forest in gray scale is projected on to walls and the slim, white, wooden or plastic sticks that block the room and create a path. The floor is glossy and black. I enjoyed the journey, yet it…
Read MoreSteve McQueen. Weight. 2016
` An expensive,luxurious object placed in to a small prison cell. Romanticizing inprisonment. This room was bigger than the other ones. I think that is why this piece was shown in this room. The luxury space in prison. The reason why i mentioned romanticization is because when i see a net like this or…
Read MoreInside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison. Photos. Robert Gober
I don’t like this piece. As surrealistic as it is, it feels fake. I have a problem with the wooden chest. The composition of materials i do not understand it. It seems too busy. When I saw this piece it immediately felt out of place. it reminded me of a themed park decoration.
Read MoreInside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison. Photos. Roni Horn.
A series of photographs of water by Roni Horn. I saw these, and i immediately wanted to look closer and examine the photo. The waves and the amorphous structure of water seemed attractive to me. The gloss on top of the water stood out in the small prison cells. As mentioned before, water seemed to…
Read More2016 Jeremy Deller: The Battle of Orgreave. At the Worcester Museum.
http://www.jeremydeller.org/TheBattleOfOrgreave/TheBattleOfOrgreave_Video.php We have been to Worcester Art gallery and Museum to see an exhibition. Our aim was to examine the relationship between the work and the space it was presented in. A film presented in the semi dark space was about the re-enactment of The Battle of Orgreave, which was a violent confrontation on 18…
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