Two more exhibition spaces to investigate. Take photographs of how work is displayed, you can then comment and analyse how audiences are meant to think about the work and how context affects meaning. (You might have to ask if this is OK, make sure you explain why you are taking the photographs)
The first is the Pavilion. 7 Saw Mill Yard, Round Foundry, Leeds, LS11 7WH, that’s next to the Cross Keys Pub, head down the side of the rail station, go under the Neville Street bridge and turn right at the huge Bridgewater Place building.
Opening is Kevin Newark’s Protoplasm, 26 Feb - 30 April, 2009“Protoplasm presents a series of discarded plastic carrier bags found inthe canals of East London. In photographing these objects Newark lookedto find solace for the exiled soul of the plastic bag” Part of your interrogation could be to comment on artist or gallery press release texts. The opening event will take place 26 February 2009, 6 - 8pm at thePavilion Gallery. To attend RSVP Gill Howard E> gill@pavilion.org.uk orT> 0113 242 5100. Also on the same evening. Tonight!!! You are invited to the preview of ‘Perhaps Nothing, Perhaps Something’, Thursday 26 February, 6-8pmArtists include: Samantha Donnelly, Cornelia Parker, Paul Rooney, Rachel Whiteread, Katy Woods and Chris Wright.‘Perhaps Nothing, Perhaps Something’ offers viewers a glimpse of theinvisible. Sculpture, sound and video installations examine and make theintangible tangible, celebrate the latency of objects, and drawattention to the in-between. These moments of apparent nothingness,spaces and rests are not without value and provide a crucial balance tothe actual’
The Leeds Met Gallery is just down the hill from college, so you could drop in on the way to the Pavilion. If you are going to write about two exhibitions opening on the same night, you might want to comment on whether or not it’s a good thing to cluster openings together. Does it encourage a larger audience to attend both, or just fragment potential audiences so that both venues suffer from low attendance?
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ReplyDeleteI went to the exhibition in Pavilion and enjoyed it very much. Kevin Newark was very inspiring and it was interesting to see his perception of his work. He also gave a preview of his upcoming work which i will look forward to.
ReplyDeleteI stopped by the Leeds Met Gallery as I was really keen to see Cornelia Parker's work and it did not disappoint. I thought the concept of this exhibition was really inventive as it took notice of the space we don't give recognition to.
ReplyDeleteFor instance my favorite was Rachel Whiteread's piece where she took casts of the spaces beneath seats, giving form to something rarely thought about. This was similar to Asta Groting's sculpture 'The space between two people having sex" at the Henry Moore Institute which was another cast creating a physical entity from an empty space that we don't see, yet carries meaning.
However unfortunately i think having two openings in one night is only a good idea for those that can drive as it was too cold for me to make the extra effort to walk to the other, and I think by splitting the audiences you'll never get the viewer to focus specifically on your work or the same influx of people at the event.