I keep thinking about the Slade MA show. I went on Monday afternoon. It must be about ten years since I was in that building and it’s 12 since I had my MA show there.
A lot of work has taken place on the physical building in those ten years. Nearly every one of the older studios has been sliced in half – horizontally – to create a plague of mezzanines and half floors. A new studio has been built under the UCL quadrangle.
The show was laid out with a significant number of artists showing in several rooms on different floors.
Information about the artists included their exhibitions, work experience and often the price of pieces. Few artists had statements.
I left feeling that I just didn’t ‘get it’.
I guess that I should have asked one of the students about the curation and what it was like to study there now, unfortunately I didn’t leave myself enough time and now I’m left feeling unsatisfied.
I won’t leave it another ten years, perhaps next year’s show will answer some of my questions.
