I have been thinking about where I would like this exhibition to take place and have some conflicting ideas. All of the work I am displaying is concerned with passage of time, and a lot of the work decays, resulting in the art work almost 'fading away'. This idea made me think about displaying work in derelict buildings or buildings that are going to be knocked down, because I think the venue itself would then fit in with the theme of decay and self-destruction. The idea of 'here today, gone tomorrow' would be evident in the art aswell as the exhibition space itself. However, I also think Anya Gallaccio's decomposing flowers work really well on pristine white walls, because the appearance of wilting and decaying flowers contrasts to the clean bright white walls. This made me think I want to use a white cube space to show off the work. My other idea was to display the work outside because I have used art that involves a lot of organic materials, so there is a relationship between nature and the art. The idea being that work like Gallaccio's flowers and Auad's bananas would be left to rot without intervention just like anything else in a natural habitat.
I thought a lot about how I could incorporate the best of these 3 ideas into one exhibition space. I have decided that I want to virtually create a temporary structure for my exhibition. The structure will have the pristine look of a white cube space but will be located in a natural environment. The fact that it is a temporary structure also ties in with the art work, the structure of the exhibition will be destroyed after the exhibition just like a lot of the art work. I think this really helps show the theme of passage of time, and the cycle of life and death.
My inspiration for the appearance of the temporary structure is Frieze Art Fair. Frieze takes place in Regent's Park, London in a structure that is built every year for the event. As you can see from this picture, the interior is similar to a conventional white cube gallery space but form the outide the structure looks like a large marquee.
I thought a lot about how I could incorporate the best of these 3 ideas into one exhibition space. I have decided that I want to virtually create a temporary structure for my exhibition. The structure will have the pristine look of a white cube space but will be located in a natural environment. The fact that it is a temporary structure also ties in with the art work, the structure of the exhibition will be destroyed after the exhibition just like a lot of the art work. I think this really helps show the theme of passage of time, and the cycle of life and death.
My inspiration for the appearance of the temporary structure is Frieze Art Fair. Frieze takes place in Regent's Park, London in a structure that is built every year for the event. As you can see from this picture, the interior is similar to a conventional white cube gallery space but form the outide the structure looks like a large marquee.
Image sourced from http://www.friezeartfair.com/
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