Recently/a while ago whilst the exhibition was still on/nearly two months ago, after being recommended by a lecturer, I ventured to London to see Anselm Kiefer's 'Walhalla' at the White Cube. The exhibition consisted of installation, painting and sculpture.
As you enter the exhibition, you walk into a dark space, a corridor of beds/sculpture work, lit from above. As well as looking at the art, I wanted to see how curation can be used to effect the viewer, as well as perception of the work; do things change via how they're presented?
I was also interested in the impact of using texture and building into into work. Kiefer used Led, but I could look at using different materials with my work, perhaps materials that wouldn't usually be considered artistic tools.
There was also a small room, again dark, which appeared to be a material cupboard, materials he's collected over time, with negatives enlarged onto led draping which I found particularly interesting. I think it reinforces the idea that you should surround yourself with your work, and not just do it and put it away- when is a piece of art complete? The black and white photography also made me want to go and do some more street photography, so I did this, on my DSLR and 35mm, in London on the same day.
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