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Test Post - Last Thursday, January 13, my gallery practices class completed a placement exercise in the University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts Gallery. First...
Monday, January 17, 2011
First Exercise; It's harder than it looks
Last week the class was broken up into two groups and shown the works that were to be presented in the Faculty Show about Light and Landscape. I was really excited but also very nervous because all the pieces were very different; some had softer colors while others had bolder colors. You must also take into account the different styles and mediums, and size, and that two of the works were not in the gallery yet because they had to be suspended.
When we entered the gallery I immediately spotted the painting of a dog in bright orange,red, and yellow with a touch of blue to compliment the orange. My first thought was "This is going to be the most difficult to place." All the other works had a balanced direction for the most part but some works such as Arturo and Hernadez' seemed to go more to the left. The dog image had a direction of the left if you followed the shadow of the dog to the dog itself that then looked off to the left. Group 2 , the group I was in, generally agreed that it should be used as a way to guide visitors along the wall but my concern was that due to its vibrant colors it would be the first thing you go to completely ignoring the general pastel pallet of the other works.
The idea of flanking the brightly colored works with the more muted colors seemed to be the general agreement between the two works; while everyone wanted to keep the works of the same artist together we also didn't want to create an exhibit that pulled the audience into too many directions. Some works had a more aquatic feel while others were more earthy which made it slightly easier to place them together. Even though each member had their own opinion we could all agree on how to set the biggest wall which took most of the class time.
I think once I do more research on placement I will have a better idea of how to stage a show.
When we entered the gallery I immediately spotted the painting of a dog in bright orange,red, and yellow with a touch of blue to compliment the orange. My first thought was "This is going to be the most difficult to place." All the other works had a balanced direction for the most part but some works such as Arturo and Hernadez' seemed to go more to the left. The dog image had a direction of the left if you followed the shadow of the dog to the dog itself that then looked off to the left. Group 2 , the group I was in, generally agreed that it should be used as a way to guide visitors along the wall but my concern was that due to its vibrant colors it would be the first thing you go to completely ignoring the general pastel pallet of the other works.
The idea of flanking the brightly colored works with the more muted colors seemed to be the general agreement between the two works; while everyone wanted to keep the works of the same artist together we also didn't want to create an exhibit that pulled the audience into too many directions. Some works had a more aquatic feel while others were more earthy which made it slightly easier to place them together. Even though each member had their own opinion we could all agree on how to set the biggest wall which took most of the class time.
I think once I do more research on placement I will have a better idea of how to stage a show.
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