I attended Liverpool Biennial, 'Touched', private view on Friday, were i visited the Open eye gallery, Bluecoat, and Tate. To me Bluecoat's exhibition stood out as the strongest, it was full of diversity and the layout was curated effectively. The piece in the largest gallery space created its own atmosphere, the locker room gym. Within it was teddy Pandas with dentures holding bamboo, i didn't understand the artist reasoning for this but i found it really amusing!
Also within the same space there was a video of a sneezing baby Panda, this again i found amusing but didn't really understand the concept of the locker room setting for this work.
Within the smaller gallery room space there was a ink painting by 'Bricolage'.
When working with my textile pieces i want to work on top of screen printed images, and ink drawings. i find the use of the simple ink colours of this piece effective, which has made me consider the use of the colours to impact my pieces. I have started to create a flower out of paper which i will later make in material, i was going to use bright ink colours and stitches on top with white. But after see how strong the base colours make this piece i am considering using a very light red base with strong stitching colours on top.
Within the same space as 'Bricolage' work there was a piece by Abito da Sposa 1983 titled 'Wedding dresses'.
I love the use of black material for a piece titled 'Wedding dresses' because i associate the colour black with funerals not weddings. I am basing my work on the ideals of love, and i am looking at the symbols of love. Weddings are the ultimate connection of love, it is two peoples together for the rest of their lives, this is what i think of weddings. Which is why i heavily question the colour of these dresses and the damages heart organs created on the front of them.
This destruction of love got me thinking about divorce and the percentage of couples that do separate. This death of love is something that truly is black!!
The artist Nicholas Hlobo truly involves the Biennial's theme 'Touched' in the work, the piece 'Ndize' 2010 entered into the biennial was my favourite piece of the evening!! I truly did feel touched by the work.
Within Fine art galleries the viewers are not normally encouraged to touch or physically interact with the work, but this piece was the epiphany of interaction! Within the maze there were two manikins with ribbon coming out from the back of their heads, the characters looked like they were from a doctor who episode.
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