It was the opening night at the Bridewell last night and wouldn’t you know it, it was absolutely torrential rain. If I wasn’t in the exhibition, I probably would have looked outside, shut the door and sat snuggled up to watch the box. Thankfully, not everyone thought the same and we ended up with a surprisingly good turn out.
The work looked really good ( though I say so myself!) Some of the artists had given the venue a lot of thought and had made site specific work. I walked past one artwork several times thinking ‘I don’t remember seeing a stripey bit on the wall last time I was here’, before realising that it was one of the new works! WALKERHILL -Michael Walker and Martyn Hill a collaborative duo. Graduates of the Royal College of Art and Chelsea College of Art respectively, they have exhibited their lo-fi modulations nationally and internationally.
Phill Hopkins had made use of an old glass cabinet, that we were originally going to shove into the corridor. He took the measurement of the cabinet up to Leeds to install a work of the same dimensions, during his residency at the Basement Arts Project. http://www.phill-hopkins.co.uk/gallery_381554.html
Also good to see the work of Stephen White who had painstakingly created a box made entirely from paint for the Swedish exhibition, but had made a more understated work – door mats with text for this exhibition.
I’ll be invigilating Friday afternoon and Sunday, so if anyone wants a chat – please come along!
