Although much has changed in these past weeks, luckily our interim exhibiton is still going ahead. However it will be a bit different. Initially we had planned to have a physical exhibiton at the Artstation in Sandmuxham from Feb 8-12. I had been working on a large abstract painting which I had on the floor in the studio. I had moved it from the wall to the floor so I could work on the painting easier, but I had some feedback about how it was placed on the floor and I decided to work with it. I continued to work on the piece and decided that it should be exhibited on the floor. Once we visited the Artstation back on December 11 I knew that it would work really well on the floor in this space. I played around with the image I took of the floor space at the Artstation and made a digital mockup of the painting in the space.
Digital mockup of large abstract painting on the floor of the Artstation
After playing around with the painting on the floor outside, I decided to exhibit it with objects underneath to create a sculptural landscape. I felt that this worked well and I plan to photograph the piece outdoors when I can. I feel that photographing art in a natural environment helps to view it in a different light to that of the white cube.
