As the days of November race by my attention is focusing (amongst other things) on my pop-up venture in Whitstable. I have taken on a shop for one week on the fashionable Harbour Street in the seaside town. I have several artists exhibiting in the space two of which I showed with at my last exhibition in London.
I attach an image of Kim Francis’s beautiful cellular paper sculpture so you can take a look. Check out her website too www.kimfrancis.com.
Information can be found about my pop-up gallery on Facebook. Look for ‘Compendium @ Show Off Gallery, Whitstable’. It would be great for the artists involved if lots of people shared the link. Thanks in advance.
The logisitics of this project are proving to be a juggle. I open for business the week I have to have the first draft of my dissertation in. I met with an interesting artist on Saturday called Maxine Chester. Max works as a mentor at UCA in Canterbury. She was offering sage advice about the essay and was pretty fired up about Marc Quinn (one of the artists I have chosen to write about) I am also considering Helen Chadwick or Stelarc as subjects for the essay.
I have been making more wax maquettes in my studio and have been thinking about how to display them. I am leaning towards some sort of installation maybe along the lines of the Grant Museum displays. I am visiting London on Friday as the wonderful Kate Mccgwire has a solo show in All Visual Arts Gallery in Kings Cross. I am sure that curational inspiration will be in abundance there!
