Exploring memory, identity, and belonging.
This post forms part of my initial research for my project proposal. Rachel Whiteread came to my attention mainly for the piece House (1993) where she had cast the interior of a house in concrete prior to it being demolished. This spoke very much of memory and history of the many people who had lived […]
Read more "Research – Rachel Whiteread"I decided to make the most of the opportunity for a visit to London and stay for two days. After researching current exhibitions, I wanted to visit the Space Shifters exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, the Tate Modern and join the group from college at the Victoria Miro to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibition. These […]
Read more "London Fine Art Trip"In October 2018 I was fortunate to have the opportunity to view an exhibition of Heidi Bucher’s large scale latext skinnings at the Parasol unit in London some 25 years after her passing. Mainly of architectural surfaces these latex skinnings eerily hanging in the space giving the impression of the architecture that the latex had […]
Read more "Research – Heidi Bucher"This post forms part of my initial research for my project proposal. Christian Boltanski’s fascination with collective memory, humanity and the effects of time has become of interest to me, the lives of people we will never know, the anonymity and uniqueness that shows through every story. Ordinary and commonplace, yet having significance – what […]
Read more "Research – Christian Boltanski"This page documents our visit to the Liverpool Biennal on the 18th and 19th October 2018. Walker Art Gallery http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/jm2018/ Our first stop of the trip was the Walker Art Gallery for the John Moores Painting Prize the UK’s longest running painting competition having started in 1957 and run for 60 years. The winner Jacqui […]
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Michelle Wright, Fine Artist 