Dear Readers, Here is the final entry for my blog on the Re-place exhibition that happened earlier this month. Having begun the blog in May looking towards this exhibition I feel relieved that we achieved what we set out to. Namely put on a well received, strong exhibition. We featured in Birmingham City Council’s Artfest publicity and became a visual art venue for the Festival.
We had three French artists come over, Francis Viguerea,Veronique La Mare and Joss Burke(formally of Birmingham). It was good to hear what they made of Birmingham (we took then for a curry on the Ladypool Rd, Sparkbrook!). They really enjoyed their stay, and saw the cultural offerings that the city has to offer.
My objectives for this blog was to introduce the artists and their practice to the AN blog audience. Give updates on the organisational processes leading up to the exhibition. Create a web prescence for the exhibition. Attached are images from the show.
What I think has come out of this exhibition is the following:putting the web links to the French artists proved beneficial for those artists.Visits from the UK to Art Chartrons website has secured financial backing for Bordeaux artists next year to take part in artist exchanges.There was no funding for this years artists. It brought international interest in their work. For the Uk based artists hopefully it will have created a new audience for their work.
The exhibition was a success and already there is talk to build on this next year.We have made an in road to the artists working in Bordeaux and vice-versa.This is a positive outcome and bodes well for the future.I hope this blog has been of interest and I hope to continue to blog on other projects that I am involved in. So, good bye from me for now or Adieu!
Tom Ranahan Birmingham 29/9/2009
