MARCH 2025
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When entering this exhibition I was unsure of what to expect. I dont normally go and see paintings, I am usually more drawn towards installation and mixed media pieces, but I was suprised by how much I liked the exhibtion.
Through two floors and various paintings, the exhibition explored David's life through his art. It was interesting to see how his technique and skills improved and changed over time, and the different ideas he chose to explore, all of which had overlapping themes and ideas.
His paintings themselves were simple but touching. The nostalgic feel and the vibrant colours, all speaking to his own life and the life he saw around him, from which he often depicted his works. My favourite of his was Congo #2, which had more somber colours, and a lighter wash for the background, forcing the viewer to instead focus on the gathering of people in the center of it, the empahsis on their togetherness.
MARCH 2025
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This installation was breathtaking to look at, gorgeous, visceral and intense. The slow moving turbine covered in fabrics was mesmerising to look at, while also being hard to take in. with each turn liquid splashes into the pit at the bottom, and the drops echo around the turbine hall, making it an all too perfect location for this installation. Lee's piece was looking at creating an industrial womb, and did so in an excellent way. The materials used created a felshy effect and looked dark and bloody while also seeming mechanicial in certian ways.
MARCH 2025
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This exhibition was a fun one, another exploring the works and life of an artist. This one held a much more humorus tone, and the works all followed overarching themes, which were persisstent in Kelleys life, but also showed thier clear development and progrresing. Kelley's use of text is what drew me to his works personally, but I also found interest in his more preformance based works, and the use of costumes and humour in those.