New year, new post. A little belated I admit, but still the idea is there.
Just before Christmas, Pretty Vacant had a new show in an old disused railway building in Wolverhampton. The building was in the middle of being developed into a chinese resturant when the recession hit and work had to be stopped…
And all I have to say is thank heavens for the recession!! Without it, a truly beautiful building would have been totally lost behind the bells and whistles a such a commercial inhabitance would have brought with it.
So instead of being usurped by the food industry, this iconic building was entrusted by a particualry open-minded and visionary big-wig-owner-man to Fine Art degree student Antoinette Ayllene. She has unlocked the true potential of the building by transforming it into “Volte Galleries”. By transforming, I mean putting a sign outside and inviting artists from across the region into a series of open exhibitons. Inspiring.
So we rented a few of the wonderfully delapedated rooms from Antoinette to host our own Pretty Vacant show. And what resulted is easily my favourite exhibition we’ve done so far…
…Now there are plans to develop a spring/summer event which will see the whole place buzzing with the same excitement that fuelled the shows at Christmas …
watch this space.
The space was literally amazing, and made a truly perfect exhbition space.
