Gallery Visits

I and Alex went to London to check out exhibition. Below there is a list of things that impressed us most.

White cube – Hoxton square

Gary Hume – indifferent owl

Black writing on white walls about exhibition

There were no signs describing the work.

No people leading exhibition as was only two square rooms, no real flow

White walls with artwork on it and nothing else. Empty/minimalistic approach. Loads of white space

Reception had a A4 piece of paper which had the list of works naming title, Year made and dimensions. On the other side a description of artist and the exhibition from a press release

A catalog of art work supported the art work

KK outlet – Hoxton square

Robert Montgomery – it turned out this way cos you dreamed it this way

Before entering the exhibition there was artwork on a billboard outside on the wall

The exhibition was accompanied by a description on the wall as you started and had a piece of A4 piece of paper describing the exhibition and a brief of the artist.

Black writing on white walls about exhibition

Lighting focused on pieces of art work, this drew attention

There was a flow which led you around the wall, use of lighting helped this

Use of spacing between pieces was good as this didn’t distract you to another piece

Standpoint Galleries – Coronet Street

Advert of the gallery in the window, on an advert board at the door. Saying ‘SCREENING’

John Lawrence, Joe Watling curated by Matilda Strang – Screening

Book of sign-age and postcard flyer in the foyer

Walk into a dark room with no lights, the light source was the use of the projected work onto the screens. Only screens were visible in the room.

Hanging pieces from the ceiling helps to direct the visitors around the exhibition space from screen to screen.

V & A – South Kensington

Formal dress code of attendants (black suit/ white shirt), formal museum

Box of donations everywhere

Areas divided into sections with the use of colour:

Materials and Techniques - Red

Asia - Orange

Europe - Blue

Modern - Green

Exhibitions - Purple

The areas sections where indicated with the use of the theme they were portraying

Colours were matching within exhibition – walls, stands describing exhibition sections and small plaque describing exhibits.

Lighting focused on exhibit pieces

Every exhibit had a plaque. Some were hard to read due to small text and placement.

All exhibit were next to each other. No empty space. Too many distractions.

In some areas the art work portrayed on the way had a good layout with bigger pieces moving into little ones before moving back out to larger images. This helped the flow of the viewer looking at the pieces.

House of Annie Lennox – V & A

Exhibition of Annie Lennox image, achievements and creative work

Exhibition with very strong theme of House.

No white space, every corner of the room was incorporated to the exhibition.

Projected images/video of windows brick wall and outdoors,sky and fields, on the walls.

Use of sound, images and lights.

Space within a space – house in the middle of a room containing workstation songs, writings manuscripts.

Holes in the wall which had different music from main room and small exhibits created intimate atmosphere. When you lean to look in the holes main music from room which played really loud was blocked and person could only hear music inside the hole.

entrance to "House of Annie Lennox" exhibition

We were not allowed to take pictures at this place so this is a screenshot of the webpage designated for this exhibition. Exhibition room looked exactly as this 3D generated image.

Science Museum – South Kensington

Map
Levels represented by colour and themes for each exhibit room.
Some exhibits used timelines on the floor to take you through time
Interactive/ hand on stations to help teach viewers about who you are, environment, atmosphere and future
Use of a mezzanine with levels relating to the themes
Interactive screens
Informative plaques/ boards
Use of sponsorship on some boards of information to show who is supporting the campaigns
Lighting used on main areas of interest, some exhibits used different types of light to help reflect the mood/ theme being portrayed
On the walls were informative sections showing the floor details