Mead Gallery Study Day 19th November 2015
Having already been to see the Making It: Sculpture in Britain 1977-1986 exhibition on 17th October the study day on 19th November which gave us the opportunity to learn a bit more about this period in the history of art and to meet some of the artists themselves. Overall this was a very worthwhile experience.
The title of the conference was "Now that's what I call Sculpture" and the speakers included Mel Gooding, art critic and lecturer at the Slade, Lewis Biggs, Professor of Contemporary Art at Liverpool, Brandon Taylor from the Ruskin School of Art, Ian Hunt from Goldsmiths and Fran Lloyd, Professor of Art History at Kingston.
The artists taking part were Bill Woodrow and Margaret Organ.
The session was very interesting and informative as it centered around the seventies and eighties, a period when many changes seemed to be taking place in the art world, but the most interesting aspect was listening to the artist's themselves talking about their work and what motivated them to make it in the first place.
Both of these artists were showing their work in the gallery. Bill Woodrow's pieces were titled Bean Can with Spectacles and Tattoo. He has used everyday materials and consumer objects to signify various geographical locations, for instance the yellow door cab in Tattoo is symbolic of New York City.
In contrast Margaret Organ's work has a distinctly feminine touch and she has used lightweight materials like wire, string and paper to make this piece which she has formed into a large distorted circle and is titled Loop.
The title of the conference was "Now that's what I call Sculpture" and the speakers included Mel Gooding, art critic and lecturer at the Slade, Lewis Biggs, Professor of Contemporary Art at Liverpool, Brandon Taylor from the Ruskin School of Art, Ian Hunt from Goldsmiths and Fran Lloyd, Professor of Art History at Kingston.
The artists taking part were Bill Woodrow and Margaret Organ.
The session was very interesting and informative as it centered around the seventies and eighties, a period when many changes seemed to be taking place in the art world, but the most interesting aspect was listening to the artist's themselves talking about their work and what motivated them to make it in the first place.
Both of these artists were showing their work in the gallery. Bill Woodrow's pieces were titled Bean Can with Spectacles and Tattoo. He has used everyday materials and consumer objects to signify various geographical locations, for instance the yellow door cab in Tattoo is symbolic of New York City.
In contrast Margaret Organ's work has a distinctly feminine touch and she has used lightweight materials like wire, string and paper to make this piece which she has formed into a large distorted circle and is titled Loop.
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