I thought it might be helpful to write a post voicing all my ideas about how my work will be hung. It’s one thing to have a firm decision on what you want hung but another thing entirely to then hang it!
Should all four of my canvases be one below the next?
should they be in a horizonal line?
Is there actually a correct order or way to hang?
light before dark?
I think this debate also invites you to question your work and why it is viewed in a certain way. This led me to the realisation that my work has turned rather minimal. and that my first view to have a messy studio inspired space has changed to a clean cut white space, this making my work more isolated and professional looking.
i think this is a mature change in the way I was planning on doing things.
The last decision to be made is that of my middle space. As the photo shows there is a big gap in the middle and ideally I have left it there to have a small framed piece of one of my palettes. The palette itself is very textured and detailed and I really like it but the positioning of the frame is the tricky part as I don’t want to distract from my canvases. The reason behind me wanting the palette as part of my show is that it shows my ideas, my thoughts and the start of each major piece, (included will be a small threaded book of all my palettes I have managed to save through this term) and they are the beginnings, and the work is the end.
the other idea i spoke to one of my tutors about was that of having some smaller experimental pieces in the middle which is still an idea im working on, it would look like a journey on the wall which as ive mentioned before is a big part of my project, the visable path i have travelled along.
A nice linear theme.
After hanging my work I have been thrilled with the outcome and think that the idea of having a clean white space and clean floor has been a success as oposed to my idea of a paint filled floor. This now reflects my newer fresher work and the journey i have taken.
To do list is shrinking slowly but there is still work to do and the end result I’m hoping will be how I have been imagining it.
