Art Show

During the past week we have all been helping to prepare for the Art Show which was held o Friday 24 June. I helped by painting the room in white, covering any other paint and marks that were on the walls. The floor also needed cleaning which I contributed to too. We cleared out the tables and chairs and hung up artwork from across the years.

The studio part the way through completing the exhibition.

Following being involved in the process of getting the Art Show together, it has shown me how much work goes into presenting your work. After learning how to do this individually, it has shown me how there is another process when it comes to exhibiting everyone's compositions together. This is because you have to think of which compositions you put next to each other in terms of colour, scale, tone - creating a harmony as you look around the exhibition.

My first year final piece in the top centre.

I chose to put my first year final piece into the show as this brings together what my whole focus was about - experiences in the army and the removal of a soldier's identity through the reference of a number. I chose this over my sketchbook as it was a finished composition and my sketchbook would've become lost on a table full of them. In the future I want to work on a larger scale as I felt that my work wasn't eye-catching enough, I think if this was on a larger scale then it would've been, especially because of the vibrant colours.

From visiting the show later in the evening, I was inspired to look into installation as they are more interactive and I find them more interesting to view. For example, Amber Jesson's work was hard to miss as you had to walk through it to view the rest of the show. I think adding this aspect of interactivity would provoke more thought about its meaning as it would almost force you to do so.