The Pallant House Visit

On Tuesday the 16th of September we went to Chichester to The Pallant House Gallery to have a look around at Artist's work, taking photos and gaining ideas for our own work. We first looked at Barbara Rae's work as it compares to the collagraph prints we are making. Most of her works are 2ft by 2ft, full of colour and different markings. Most of the colours contrast with each other. I liked that her work was balanced with the use of colour and markings in her composition.




Prison Type Gasholders, 2004

I also liked Idris Khan's work as he builds up layers of imagery, making the structures of the buildings look old, weathered, haunting and ghost-like. Most of the photos were taken by Bernd and Hilla Becher. He would use their a few of each of their photos and place them on top of each other, changing the opacity that makes the ghost-like. The same effect can be done by using a slow shutter speed on a camera and moving the camera as you take the photo. His work is based on modern industrial structures that have been taken in black and white. A lot of his work look like etching prints with the fading images and grey tones. The use of the old structures he has used have worked well as all the outlines and shapes build up a distorted image as they are layered up on top of each other.


 

Bach Six Suites for the Solo Cello, 2006



http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2006/sep/02/art

These are the two pieces that were shown at the gallery.