So this is a rather late update on events but anyway. Wednesday 15th of January i went along with a friend to the London Art Fair in the Business Design Centre in Islington. We were both stunned at the vast amount of work and artists accumilated within the venue which was huge. We had spent five and a half hours getting around the whole venue so there plenty to see. Just to drop a few names, we saw Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Grayson Perry, Charlotte Hodes, Peter Doig, Jin-young Yu, Emma Bennett, Chiyu Uemae, Tom Stogdon, Christian Faur and so many more.
I found the day very overwhelming because of the velocity of work, there was so much to take in. I found so many pieces to be a real eye opener and to see some work from a couple of my favourite artists (Grayson Perry and Robert Bradford) gave me a huge buzz that had my ideas provoked all evening.
I found some the work very chaotic to look at while work was calm and then some peices were entrancing. It has made me think more about what i want my audience to feel, see, experience and understand when it comes to my degree show. How much audience particpation do i allow, if any? Do i go large or tiny?Less is more or should i evoke chaos?
Just a few things i will keep in the back of my mind while creating things over the coming months. The exhibtion as a whole has given me that extra boost i needed in order to really get experimenting more with the materials i have.
