Exhibition Review

1. Briefly explain the exhibition info, i.e. who was exhibiting? Where was it? 

The exhibition we visited was The Photographers Gallery,in London Oxford Street. The workshop/exhibition was about the Perspectives on Collage, but the different artist work we looked at were mainly photograph. There were exhibitions of work by Anna Parkina, Roy Arden, Batia Suter as well as other artists. 

2. Include photographs that you have taken yourself at the exhibitions 

3. Find some information about the artists/designers you liked - find information on the internet and in your exhibition guides/leaflets you collected

Anna Parkina was the artists work that intrigued me the most the way she layers her images to create an interesting composition, in a way making some of the photographs look 3D in my eyes. Her collages are made up of her own photography, drawings, text which she incorpartes geometric forms and colours. She uses Russian avant-garde, Seventies punk and the cinematic as inspiration and as her theme.

4. Select your 2 favourite pieces of work and write about them explaining what they were about and why you liked them

This 'Untitled' piece by Anna Parkina made in 2011 was one of my favourites because of the layering techniques she used to compose her work, also the black and white setting its in. In most of her work she includes an image of herself hidden within the image which I think is interesting and personalises her work.

This piece by Roy Arden 'The Colourist' 2011 was also one of my favourites because of the rough rips on the edges of some of the paper parts on the image, also the blend of bright and dull colours such as yellow,blue,brown,earth colours etc. I also like the blend of hand illustrations with the image cut out.

5. Select your 2 least favourite pieces of work and write about what they were about and why you didn't like them

This piece by Batia Suter 'Wave, Floor Version' was laid flat on the floor with numerous books layered on top of each other in two single lines, the setting of one of the things that made me dislike this piece because I did not understand how this relates to collages. 

6. Conclude with a paragraph about the overall impression of the exhibition.  Did you enjoy it? Has it given you ideas and inspiration for what you might study at University? or as a career? How relevant was it to your exam project? What ideas will you take forward in your own work? etc. 

Over all I did not enjoy the exhibition that much but certain parts of the day did such as the collage making lesson where we learned about different types of collages and made our own. That lesson was relevant to my exam project/theme because the I'm experimenting with collages with Illustration begin my brief. I will experiment with different types of collage technique and develop my work.