Friday, October 9, 2015

It's exhibition time

It is time to put all of the work on my current theme “Sea +Land =” together for my biennial solo exhibition which will be on at the Firestation from October 21 to November 7 (see invitation below).



It is strange, but I find exhibiting less daunting than mounting the work. Being congenitally organised I always work out exactly where everything will hang and even have the price list ready before the work is on the wall. Hanging the work is then just a technical exercise; making sure things are regularly spaced, in line, level etc etc. Hanging is time consuming, especially as I like to work in small modules which I then display in groups, much like a patchwork, but it is fairly predictable so I can work at it calmly (unlike the mounting process).

The pieces always looks different when up on the walls. There can be some surprises, usually good and I find it satisfying to see all of my explorations on a particular facet of the details in nature combined together in one place.




Last night by chance I went to a recital of “Pictures at an Exhibition.” Today, while swimming, I was pondering what type of music could be composed about my work. Hopefully it would be about harmony and tranquillity – definitely no witches for me.






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