I’m the tiredest I’ve been in a long time, and the phrase “blood, sweat and tears” most definitely applies, but… my show is up!
I won’t put any pictures of my space itself up yet, I’ll keep you waiting until the exhibition opens (15th June), but I’ll give you a sneak peek of the recently-completed and newly-titled Palindrome. Look at that pristine wall!
It’s been a stressful hanging week, but nonetheless enjoyable. Things started off well (though I did spend most of Tuesday putting 2500 pieces of velcro on the back of wooden squares for my friend), but it all went a bit pear-shaped when it came to actually hanging the work. Two of the walls were really hard, which made getting nails and screws in very difficult, especially for me and poor Virginia with her recently repaired collarbone. We even cracked one of my mirror paintings trying to hammer a nail in, though I’ve tried to work it into the composition! In the end though, the boy hanging work in the space next to me came to the rescue, and by the end of the day the paintings were eventually hung.
Today I’ve been putting the finishing touches to things, making labels and painting the floor. A couple of last-minute things to do tomorrow, and then I’m free to enjoy the very long weekend til all support work is due in on Wednesday… and then I really will be finished!
From what I’ve seen so far, the show is looking really good. I can’t wait to see what everyone’s been up to while I’ve been beavering away at the bottom of the campus.
