Part of the transcription project required us to visit a couple of exhibitions around London. Two of which that I found the most interesting were; 'Saints Alive' by Michael Landy, held at The National Gallery. And 'Black Beauty' By Lutz Bacher, held at the ICA museum. Both exhibitions stood out to me the most.
I found 'Black Beauty' to be quite a mysterious and ambiguous exhibition, this however just made the exhibition more intriguing. Two pieces that stood out to me the most was the broken mirror [1] and the horse [2].
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For me the broken mirror had a couple of meanings, which came to mind when i first saw it. Instantly I thought of superstitions, (breaking a mirror will give you seven years bad luck). But when observing the black sand, I started to think of more darker things and thought that the smashed mirror could be representative of feelings: Anger, Depression, Upset. The horse on the other hand has a more comical childlike vibe about it, however the shadows it makes could also be linked to a more sinister meaning behind it.
Saints Alive, however, was my favourite exhibition. I really liked how Landy had taken such classic pieces of artwork and had changed them into something modern and exciting. I think for some people, they may find religious artwork boring or cannot understand it. But by Landy changing these paintings into interactive sculptures, adds a more exciting approach to the artwork. A piece in particular that I liked was called 'Multi-Saint'[3] It reminded me of hybrid creatures, commonly seen in greek mythology. This was due to the fact that this statue was make up of different parts of different paintings. I would like to use this piece as a starting point for my transcription project.
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