Monday 26 December 2022

#153: The Landscapes of Your Life

An exhibition of landscapes you have enjoyed during your lifetime.  

Each piece will have a title in which you could include a date, if you wish - especially if the landscape no longer exists (or has altered from the one you remember), or to give the landscape its position within your life.  It might be that you only experienced the landscape once, for example on holiday, or it might be one that you experienced regularly, perhaps while walking to work over a particular period in time.  

Its content, though, is merely the coordinates of the place to be to see the landscape and the direction to look in.  For example: 

Mote Park, Maidstone: View of Mote House and the North Downs beyond, 1998-2013. 51.26210676149764°N, 0.5480418031282992°W, Looking North. 


Monday 19 December 2022

#152: The Portraits All Around Us

Look around.  In the gallery, at the station, on the street, in the shop, on the bus or train, in a traffic jam or queue... look around and see the portraits all around you.  

How are people portraying themselves?

In any given moment, how do they look?  

What impressions do they give and how do you see them?  

If you know them, try to imagine you do not, and try to see them with fresh eyes: do you recognise the person you know from a brief glance?

If no one is around, find a mirror and ask the same questions about yourself.

Monday 28 November 2022

#149: Negative Space, or The art in the space between works of art

Look at the shadow, or shadows, created by a sculpture.  

If it is outside, watch how it moves and changes as the sun moves.  You could return at different times of the year and day.  

How is it different from the work of art, and how is it the same?  Which version of the shadow (if there is more than one) is your favourite?  

How does it work with framed art?  What patterns or shapes are created by the gallery light? 

What else can you find in the space between artworks?