Ok so last Thursday we had another trip to London town. Luckily this time we had a lot longer to spend there, and a great little graphic design exhibition to go with it. £5 entry, well worth the dosh, and even though it ends today here's the info :
http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual_arts/pick_me_up_2011/
The standard of all the work was really high, but I'm going to focus on 3 that stood out to me the most.
First of all we have Clara Terne http://www.terne.se/newsblog/ with her kaleidoscope inspired images. The colours and smoothness of her work is beautiful. I really love things that could potentially take hours to study properly. Looking at her other work too, the colour schemes are well measured and how she interprests 3d objects into 2d is great too.
The next work is by "Revenge is Sweet" http://www.revengeissweet.org/ a partnership between Angelique Piliere and Lee Owens. The "cut and paste" feel to their work is brilliant, with subtle connections to surrealism and Dali. Again there are connections to kaleidoscopes, but with a much more stark and angular result. The versatility from magazines and adverts to artistic prints is great, and I especially like the interaction of birds and animals in their work because it looks odd yet works at the same time.
Anthony Burrill http://www.anthonyburrill.com/ was pretty much the main event of the exhibition, and had a huge room full of his work and also an activity table in the middle for people to create their own pieces using photocopies of the work on the walls. Simple graphic work with minimalist shapes and block colours, a very recognisable style.
And here's my masterpiece!
Hopefully they'll have the exhibition on again next year - if they do, check it out!
Li
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