K6 Gallery consists of two K6 model disused telephone boxes on Castle Lane, Southampton. Creating a gallery space from an object that was built for a singular purpose has made K6 an intriguing and individual venue for art. The constantly changing displays have to physically adapt to the space, challenging the artists and promoting not […]
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John Hansard Gallery
Abducted by aliens, yet feet firmly on earth – this can only mean one thing: dreaming. Haroon Mirza’s Waves and Forms at the John Hansard Gallery transcends our very consciousness into another dimension. This is the very purpose of the show, Mirza states, the installations allow us to let our minds drift from reality, and […]
Winchester Gallery
An exhibition is not merely complete when set up, it is the beginning of it’s journey, the start of the story that only we, as the viewer, can conclude. An exhibition, Ralph Rugoff states in Paula Marincolas What Makes a Great Exhibition is a form of escapism, a small interactive distraction from the everyday. The […]
KNOWLEDGE
What does the library mean to you? What does the library mean to you? Knowledge. As part of the library induction we were proposed in groups to curate a visual representation of what the library means to us. Collectively we deliberated and landed on the word knowledge – the contents of a library gives us […]
Conversation-gram
Interesting conversation sparked by this statement on a Banksy based Instagram page. Social media can be a great platform to spark discussions and gain insight into how others view art and theory on an international level.
SOUTHSEA GREEN EXHIBITION
“[…] alternative spaces, where a quicker response time, more curatorial autonomy, and less financially onerous stakes allow for a concomitantly greater ability to experiment and take risks. […] – bigger is not necessarily better.” What Makes a Great Exhibition; Introduction: Practice Makes Perfect, Paula Marincola, 2015. The Southsea Green exhibition has been a great experimentation […]
SOUTHSEA GREEN EXHIBITION p.10
Final poster/ flyer design: The exhibition will take place at SOUTHSEA GREEN, CANOE LAKE, SOUTHSEA, PO4 9RF between the 15th-22nd of July. Contact me for more information – florencekitty19@gmail.com
SOUTHSEA GREEN EXHIBITION p.9
I have regrettably left advertisement for the show very late and only just started designing a poster for the exhibition. We wanted to incorporate the theme of the show being based within a garden on the poster as well as making it eye catching and simple to engage potential goers. This is the first idea […]
ONION ILLUSTRATIONS p.7
ICARUS (trilogy) I really liked the Icarus trilogy (as shown in p.4) and wanted to expand the illustrations further, not only by using colour and a canvas base, I also used a larger size, the A3 boards make the paintings stand out and emphasise the blue and gold colour contrasts. (Part. 3 Icarus as seen […]
ONION ILLUSTRATIONS p.6
While experimenting with different materials I am looking into shapes and colours. I’d like to progress from the rectangular and square bases, as well as background colours.
