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Wednesday
Imaginary Menagerie
"Mikado" Graham Bignell & Beatrice Bless |
"Promises" Polina Pakhomova |
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RA X: 10 years of Resident Advisor
"RA X" Simon Cook 2011 |
"RA X" Michael Cina 2011 |
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Friday
Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990
"The Best of Jazz" Paula Scher 1979 |
"Orchid" Robert Mapplethorpe 1989 |
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Thursday
Sunday
David Mushegain: Don't Call It Cool
David Mushegain, Unknown 2010-2011 |
David Mushegain, series of photos 2010-2011 |
David Mushegain, series of photos 2010-2011 |
Posted by Julia Baranova at 12:49 PM
Friday
Erika Lakatos: Roman Icons, New York - Budapest 1996 - 2011
Erika Lakatos Untitled, 1996-2011 |
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Sunday
Hungarian House of Photography: Róbert László Bácsi
Posted by Julia Baranova at 10:02 AM
Saturday
Mysterious Al
Mysterious Al Masks 2011 |
Mysterious Al Pisstake 2011 |
Posted by Julia Baranova at 1:26 PM
British Art Show 7
This week I went to see a British Art Show exhibition which was based at the Southbank Centre. I think this is a perfect venue to host an exhibition filled with contemporary British art work, as the Southbank Centre has been used for Art's purposes since 1951 and to this day it looks like a modern piece of architecture.
Most art work's displayed around the exhibition spaces were very difficult to grasp, I felt confused and misguided for most of the time. Perhaps I am just not as open minded as I thought...However there were a few pieces that caught my attention, a video screening by Christian Marclay The Clocks and Luke Fowler Grammar for Listening (part 1). I was quite surprised of myself, as I don't usually find video pieces that interesting, but these ones were more like film.
From reading reviews and watching a BBC news report on Christian Marclay's The Clocks, this piece has left a very positive impression on critics and the public itself, everyone is recommending to take a peak at this brilliant work of art! Personally I couldn't agree more, seeing a small part of this film has left me mesmerised, I wanted to sit in that very uncomfortable chair for the whole of 24 hours.
Still from Christian Marclay’s The Clock, 2010 |
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Monday
John Stezaker
Looking at the individual series, the Untitled pieces of various film star images have been cut diagonally in half and carefully balanced together to create a distorted portrait. I thought this particular series is one of the most successful works. I think he was trying to show the public how simple it can be to make something beautiful ugly and distorted, the actresses back in them days were flawless and no one ever thought to imagine them looking this way. Another great series would be Mask, where he again uses film stills only this time placing postcards of very impressive nature imagery on top of the portrait. I see it as a comparison of beauty, a subliminal message of natural beauty within a woman. Not forgetting to mention the the precious worn out colours that vintage postcards hold, it really adds character to these works. I may be wrong about the message behind Stezaker's work, but that is how I have interpreted it after seeing the exhibition.
Over all this was a great exhibition to start my academic year with, it might be one of the best exhibitions i have been to in some time. Collaging is something I like to do myself and I have picked up a great deal of inspiration from John Stezaker's work, especially the photography part of it!
Mask XXXV 2007 (collage) |
Untitled XX 2007 (Film Portrait Collage) |
Posted by Julia Baranova at 7:43 AM
Tuesday
Wooden Toy Quarterly
Work was presented in a a very original way, it felt like I was entering their personal shop as you could purchase the books that were on display and there was a cabinet with Wooden Toy Quarterly logo lit up from the inside which had the records hanging inside. The exhibition included an interactive piece, viewers had to push the button and one of the custom vinyl's span around on the wall display. I thought was great, pieces like that always make exhibitions more exciting and break it down from just looking at the work. My favourite pieces were the customised spray cans with gloomy colours, the illustration style was exactly what I am interested in at the moment.
The atmosphere was vibrant and I was surrounded by so many reds, blues and wooden textures, it created a great mood and I just wanted to stay and observe pieces for as long as possible. After viewing this exhibition I felt like creating some of my own three-dimensional pieces and experimenting more with colour and textures.
Over all it was a great experience its always nice to view the work I liked seeing online in real life, makes me appreciate it even more.
Posted by Julia Baranova at 10:08 AM
Reverting to Type
An exhibition of contemporary artists from all over the world coming together to show how old fashioned type is brought back in to our every day use at the Standpoint Gallery. All works confined in a small two room gallery space really came together, as most prints were small to medium size and not the standard paper shape they were thoughtfully scattered around the gallery's walls. I really enjoyed observing the works piece by piece, trying to figure out what methods were being used. There were no labels indicating printing methods, I guess the artists wanted it to turn in to an interactive display so viewers took time to notice and examine.
Most artists have used letterpress and screen printing as their main technique some merged lino cutting and digital print into their works. I thought Team Nerd and Prensa La Libertad had the most successful pieces, primarily because they had interesting combinations of printing techniques as well as blending typography and colour. The idea that this exhibition was based on was clearly shown by all the pieces, we see letterpress and other print methods being introduced in to posters and advertising campaigns everyday.
I was amazed by how this simple old craft method has been around for centuries and yet it is only being re-born now, every single letter looked perfect even if it wasn't filled completely with ink. With all the new printing technology it is easy to forget how precious the manually printed pieces can look. This exhibition has inspired me to begin using letterpress in my own work, I hope to one day produce pieces as high quality as these!
Posted by Julia Baranova at 8:34 AM
Red Star Over Russia
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