Renshaw Street Visit
I thoroughly enjoyed the first of the gallery visits and found it a great experience overall. I especially liked the layout and feel of the building and how old characteristics of the previous shop still remained in the space. I feel I benefitted from a number of the works presented in the gallery, enjoying the range of ideas relating to the theme touched.
Lee Mingiuei's 'The Mending Project' Installation I loved, it brings the community together, involving them into a project as one, as they bring in articles of clothing that require mending.
'Shared understanding, an intimacy and calm atmosphere, moments of reconnection and recognition between individuals, meaningful but are frequently lost.'
I wouldn't say this particular piece has had any impact on my ideas and work I am creating at the minute but I found the piece fascinating, especially the scaling and how the work was presented overall. I found the range of colour and thread really interesting and liked how some of the thread was dangling loose whilst others were attatched to a piece of clothing...associating the potential to build sociability, understanding and trust.
The personal value and memory incorporation reminded me of my own work in a way, where as I use only my own or someone close to me as my inspiration.
Karmelo Bermejo's 'The Grand Finale' HD vidio transferred to Blue-Ray, definitely had a possitive effect on me. I am aware of vidio based work but to me this is different. The ultimate global threat is celebrated in this artwork, which questions our fears and insecurities related to the consequences of the credit crunch, through the use of fireworks bearing the word 'Recession'.
I instantly felt involved in this piece as the we all as viewers can connect with the issues behind the work. Straight away I felt I knew what the work represented but I was interested to find out if there was any hidden meaning or depth to the idea.
The piece made me think alot about were my own work is going and how different it could be in time. Seeing this has made me feel I need to experiment more, move away from my comfort zone and pushing my ideas to a different level. I enjoyed the simplicity of the process and how powerful of a message the one word gives, it was pleasent to watch and quite calming. Alongside the duration of the piece, at only 2minutes, 29seconds, the vidio certainly didn't get boring and I found myself watching it a number of times.
NS Harsha's 'Sky Gazers' makes social and political commentary on a range of issues surrounding globilisation, such as migrant labour, media representation and changing notions of cultural heritage. I would say this piece was most definitely my favourite piece of work in the exhibition, I felt involved, and part of the work almost, the moment I entered the room. The work has most definitely had a positive impact on me, I am intreigued by the piece as I have never seen anything quite like it as a viewer, feeling so involved. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
On first entering the room and laying on the floorlooking up at the mirror at the work and myself, I felt a sense of claustrophobia and paranoia which I found quite strange. It was an overall strange feeling. But the sense of community, and relaxation soon took over and I found myself laid in the same position for some time taking in each image.
Aiming at an emotional involvment, the artist invites the viewer inside the work. I love the action he has taken to create this work which I think certainly works. The strong, community based idea makes the piece even more powerful.
I like how the style of painting is almost frequently humerous, I found some of the images quite funny, wereas others a little weird. The colour palette of the images is quite rural, and almost quite child like, I would say this adds to the overall outcome of the piece. But I cant help but think what other effect could be created if the images were painted a little more realistic.
Meschac Gaba's 'Souvenir Palice' mixed media installation highlights the critique and overturn percieved notions of cultural identity, focusing in particular on the cultural and economic codes of exchange between Africa and the West.
I think this piece is the only installation I didn't particularly enjoy. I really like the reasoning behind the work and what he as an artist is trying to say but I think as a whole it was too much to take in for me. I think It's the strong use of bright colours that has given me this opinion.
Certain aspects of this piece I liked, such as the objects he has worked over (souvenirs) and how each section of the work was positioned.
Each individual artist have their own likes and dislikes as i'm sure alot of the viewers around me loved the work.
Tim Eithel, is a new found artist who's paintings I automatically loved. The detail in the images is imaculate, imense and perfect in scale. As size was experimented, both large and small pieces worked brilliantly as one and as a whole together. The topics suggested in his works were certainly intreguing and is an issue in every area world wide.
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| 'The Mending Project' |
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| 'The Grande Final' |
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| 'Sky Gazers' |
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| 'Souvenir Palice' |
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