This exhibition took place at the text/gallery, a very small space but I feel like it was perfect for this typographic exhibition as all the works were very subtle. I guess that's the beauty of typography, it has a big impact in every day life but no one truly notices the small details in typefaces.
As a viewer I was able to wonder around the exhibition in any direction, there was no particular way of viewing works or maybe there was an intention of leading viewers in a certain way but in a non obvious way. There wasn't very much information provided about the pieces, so I had to research the ones I liked most online after the visit, despite that it was still a brilliant exhibition.
I really liked all the works on display, the two that stood out most were pieces by Graham Bignell and Beatrice Bless called Mikado, this piece was screen printed the same typefaces in three different colours on top of each other and off set on purpose. I feel like it kind of relates to my own work, printing in four colour separation. Another piece was by Polina Pakhomova called promises, I thought the hand written type made this work much more personal and very strong as she layered sheets of paper on top of each other to create a three dimensional effect.
After viewing this exhibition I was inspired to produce similar pieces to Pakhomova's work, that's where the text layering experimental piece came from in my sketchbook. |
| "Mikado" Graham Bignell & Beatrice Bless |
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| "Promises" Polina Pakhomova |