#38

wiels, botanique, bozar

got into brussels today to do some galleries... first stop was wiels where they were showing the work of the polish, alina szapocznikow and the morrocan, yto barrada. much preferred yto barrada's work, even gave me inspiration to paint my blank bedroom walls! her work consisted of mainly large c print photographs, a few installations, and a video. yto barrada is currently deutsche banks artist of the year (2011). this award is not based on financial aid but gives the artist the opportunity of a solo show at the guggenheim in berlin, then wiels, a publication and acquisitions for the deutsche bank collection.

 

second stop was at botanique. there, i saw wunderkammer which was curated by antonio nardone, who i worked for as an intern over the summer. it was great! it was a modern take on 16th century curiosity cabinets, and featured the work of jan fabre, wim delvoye, ulrike bolenz etc.. it had everything from crabs with legs to a knight in shining armor! must see if youre into the weird and wonderful.

and the third and final stop was at bozar. we saw 'art in brazil (1950-2011)', "brazil.brasil", and "extremes" which were all under the umbrella of europalia brasil. they had a particularly cute little tv spot for it. europalia is a major international arts festival which is held every two years. it first began in 969, and its aim it to celebrate an invited countrys cultural heritage. not only does its programme organise exhibitions, but also music, cinema, theatre, and dance. i would have to say that the "brazil.brasil" exhibition was my favourite- and mainly because of the way it was curated and displayed. the bozars impressively high walls were covered in plunging curtains, with a different colour representing each different room. they were made specially for the show. the works protruded through the curtains on metal rods and gave the illusion that the works were floating. it was magical!! (watch 2nd video, 11sec-30sec)

#37

pompidou

took a day trip to paris today to see some family members .. tried to go and see the keith haring exhibition at the musée en herbe (musée pour enfants à paris!) but could not find it anywhere! even with the street address people could not tell me where it was.. so as we were in the area of (centre) pompidou we decided to go there. im not sure whether it was because it was a late night opening that night, but there was a queue to get inside the pompidou, and then a 45 minute queue to get into the edvard munch exhibition- let alone the time it took to queue up for tickets to the other exhibitions... pressed for time i just went to the basement floor to see the free exhibition, "vidéodanse". the exhibition was spread over 6 weeks and presented a history of 20th and 21st century dance through 250 films showcasing the talents of 150 choreographers. there were specific slot times where performers would dance, but these were all at 11.30 in the morning, and as i was there at 5pm it was looking a little bare... one piece that stood out to me was the interactive installation called if/then. it invited the spectator to imitate the movements filmed on a screen. your movements were then captured and analysed in real time and then is recorded into the data base for everyone to see!

#36

young curators, whitworth art gallery

first 3 months at uni have been fantastic! the course is stimulating and challenging. heres a picture from our first week, at the stanley and audrey burton gallery. also participating in leeds met young curators program- having our own show in february! see our blog for more details. 

www.youngcurators.tumblr.com

 

some from young curators:

stupidly, have been without a camera cable for the past 3 months so have been unable to keep my blog live and kicking. have seen tonnes of galleries so far in both leeds and manchester. went to the whitworth art gallery to see an exhibition called “dark matters: shadow_technology_art”. two works which particularly captured my eye were both by the artist daniel rozin. these were interactive pieces entitled “snow mirror” and “peg mirror”.

# 35

national portrait gallery, royal academy, white cube, geffrye museum, haunch of venison, courtauld gallery, ica, victoria miro, gagosian

went a little bit gallery crazy whilst in london! once again, no photos allowed anywhere! such a shame.

1) saw the bp portrait award 2011 at national portrait gallery

2) the royal academy's summer show (which resulting in my purchasing my first ever piece of affordable art!)

3) the jake and dinos chapman exhibition at mason's yard white cube gallery

4) the at home in japan: beyond the minimal house at the geffrye museum. found these hilarious yearbook photos

5) the richard long: human nature exhibition at haunch of venison




Richard Long: Haunch of Venison London from Haunch of Venison on Vimeo.

6) the pablo bronstein: sketches for regency living at the ica

7) the toulouse-lautrec and jane avril: beyond the moulin rouge exhibition at the courtauld gallery

8) the alice neel: men only and yayoi kusama exhibition at the victoria miro

9) and finally the takashi murakami exhibition at the gagosian gallery!

# 34

venice biennale  2011

 

# 33

galerie antonio nardone, nicy town, villa empain, wiels

things have been quite busy on my side. since may i have been working everyday at a gallery in brussels (galerie antonio nardone) ... really really interesting and varied work! been working outside of their gallery too, at nicy town and at the ing's miro exhibition. here is a snippet of the latest exhibition we just had a vernissage for the other day. pop over!

 

decided to visit in some villa empain (boghossian foundation) with my mum. never been there before, but the architecture was stunning.

weren't allowed to take pictures at wiels, but managed to capture this portrait! part of charlotte beaudry's "get drunk" exhibition. and finally the delicious tiramisu in their café which you all should try!!!!

# 32

end of foundation, barbican

on the 21st we had to go into chelsea to receive our final grades... it was extremely nerve racking... i even hid in a toilet with a friend just in case i didnt do as well as i thought! in the end, i got a merit and was very pleased that my hard work had paid off. :) to celebrate a bunch of us basked in the sun and then went to the local pub for some fish and chips!!! BYE CHELSEA you have been good to me.

went to the barbican to see laurie anderson, trisha brown, gordon matta-clark: pioneers of the downtown scene, new york 1970s. LOVED IT. performance art/choreography/music. cost 7 pounds but was definitely worth a visit. make sure to check out the time schedule of the performances before you go. luckily we got there early enough (11.30), so we were able to see works performed under the name of trisha brown, and gordon matta-clark. got told off whilst taking photographs so here's some youtube clips of what to expect...

# 31

chelsea foundation show, camberwell foundation show, camp, hayward gallery

from thursday i am officially on my summer break!

here are some photos of my work that was displayed at the chelsea show. it was lovely to see how they work worked so well together, but i was disappointed in the amount of work that was shown. after seeing the st martins show a few days before (and after having waited an hour to get in...), i was stunned by the fact that most students had a whole pillar to themselves (composed of sketches, work in progress, and sketchbooks). by just showing the final pieces (at chelsea) i felt that it didnt represent the students well enough. oh well.

the other show that i was invited to was camberwells which was quite a trek to get to! heres the final piece by a good friend of mine, andrea shortell. she was exploring different ways of mapping and documenting different information. her final piece was her documentation of her breakfasts:

on thursday i decided to go to c.a.m.p (city arts and music project) to see the SWEET exhibition. it was a playful collaborative group exhibition which incorporated moving image and illustration (hand drawn). it was really cheery, colourful and fun. and there were goodie bags! the artists featured were a mixture of london and leeds based artists: oliver dunn, lynnie zulu, sam szulc, matt lloyd, john malcolm moore and stephany pollard. here are a few pictures of the window display

some photos to the hayward gallery british art show 7: in the days of the comet, curated by lisa le feuvre and tom morton. its travelling next to glasgow and plymouth.

# 30

final major project tumblr

long time no blog. i have been working so much on my tumblr site . sorry blogger. but it is soo much prettier than you! but i will return to you now. ( my online reflective journal for my final major project) -> scellie.tumblr.com. all of my development for my final major project can be found on there.

in other news. I AM DONE WITH CHELSEA! handed in all of my work (above) on the 31st of march. and since then have been going to chelsea almost everyday to prepare for the exhibition. this week has mainly been organising, cleaning, and re painting the walls in the studio. but it has been a good one. next week we should move on to hanging and mounting work on the walls. i am most looking forward to that, as we are being taught the basics of how an exhibition should be displayed.

# 29

final major project

 

some visual experimentation i have done this week in my sketchbook. the idea was then generated that i should play with these sentences in series of images (in 3’s). i am going to play with their meaning, working as an illustrator should: “going through something to become something else”. i need to work along the ideas of “things becoming clearer”, for ex. just for a split second you might believe the fact your parent tells you, but things become clearer over time. i have been playing with the legibility of words, nonsense, and it not making any sense through the first 2 images (my fragmenting the text or making it disappear), and then in the 3rd it will become a clear printed text image (as a whole). somehow i much preferred the final image just to be left as a whole ... need to talk to my tutor!

 wormies & teethies`

today was spent in the studio. we had a book making workshop and we were taught how to make zig zag books. i was really impressed with my outcome and how professional they all looked!

i then spent a looooooot of time  discussing my next steps for my final piece. my visual experimentation had worked well, and the tutors enjoyed it so i was very happy! what im trying to say (mainly through my visual experimentation) is that cautionary advice is wrong. in the sense that the advice we are given (that have consequences) are completely ridiculous and banal. even though my experimentations had the intention to abstract the message so much, it was raised that for my final piece i need to try and convey the message more clear. the italian artist, bruno munari once said that the “perfect poster is a big dot” and that is exactly what i want to achieve.

i have decided to create 3 large posters (possibly printed on newspaper) of 3 of my different visual experimentations. the printed mono print text will be clearly written out underneath the image but UPSIDE DOWN. i am literally turning the idea of cautionary tales on its head, and making the audience question it. accompanying it will be small “business”-like cards (which i want the viewers to take away with them). they will have folds on them which fold out to reveal the cautionary tale message inside. on the front i want them to have the image from the print, and then another linked to it on the back.

my next steps: as the apple pip and thumb image is finalised i need to work more on the building page. i should play more with perspective and take pictures of what buildings actually look like. i will then plan out my prints on photoshop and get them ready to be printed!