Almost finished maneouvering my work into place. If it wasn’t for the University being really anal, then it would have been finished tonight. Oh well.
Anyway, providing some pictures of the hanging in progress. Decided on a different format for my works than my original ideas, with some help from one of the lecturers, although I am more pleased with the layout than if I had gone along with my original plans.
The paintboxes are now in two vertical rows instead of one long one, which I believe works much better than having them in one row. This way, the viewer can get a much better look into them all and also encompasses more of the wall space, which I was worried about.
The other works have been arranged around each other to allow for a balanced layout which flows.
For example, the blue painting/object I have hung at the same height as the top of the red painting/object. Initially I was thinking of hanging this at a traditional height, but, as someone pointed out, hanging at a lower height than normal exemplifies the context of the work and the collection of works as a whole, that it is not strictly a painting and as such, does not need to be hung as a painting would be. Also, it almost seems somewhat less imposing; it is directly infront of the viewer, rather than glaring down at them.
I have also changed slightly the way that another piece was layed out. The blue and white piece. At first, I had the sloping piece with the greater amount of white paint at the bottom, but on mulling it over today, it didn’t seem right. I asked a friend what she thought, and she gave me some good advice, whereby we changed it around so that the sloping piece had white dripping down towards the floor. Just reversed it basically, (pictured.)
Also, thought it would be quite good if I also carried the white paint onto the floor, to emphasise the point, but also, because the floor paint we’re using is way too purple, and who the hell likes purple, this would detract from the horrible colour.
