I missed the opening night of this exhibiton which would have been great to go to but I went when it was empty on a day off from uni. I liked being alone, I had all the time I wanted to study the work and not feel pressured to move around. Firstly, I thought it was so exciting and motivating to see the third years work. I feel like they probably felt a bit lost in their practice in first year like I do but probably worked hard and now they're making amazing work like this.
I really liked the layout of the exhibiton, it wasn't just an empty room like a lot of galleries, it had boxes of prints and tables of books and pottery and more books. There was just so much to see and flick through it was inspiring. I also like the arrangement of the squares on a wall, it reminded me of instagram? Which is definitely satisfying to look at.
I had a thought half way through walking round which was 'what are these actually about' and that's when it clicked that the title of the exhibition was 'Out of Order' (I know, bit slow) but I liked that everyones ideas were so varied but given the same brief. It went from a broken motel sign to a fish with legs to a big cowboy on a small horse.
My favourite work
My favourite was 'The Motel' by Dan Gilmartin
HOW did he even do this?! The use of light and dark! The composition of having the couple at the side, the bannister leading up to the motel sign and the colours? I wouldn't even know how to go about doing this but I love it. I'm unsure if the 'out of order' part is the motel sign or whats going on in the motel?? Mysterious
I also loved 'Somewhere Beyond the Sea' by Amber Kaplan. I love the idea of taking the out of order brief and making it a bit weird and funny by having a fish with human legs. I can't quite tell how she has made this piece, I can see definite texture maybe made my brushes and paper cut because of the sharp lines. I kept staring at the human legs when I was at the exhibition because of the overlapping with the seaweed. I think it gives it a different vibe of aquaticness where the fish really looks underwater.
