Hi everyone I’m Alex and this is my first blog. Where better to start than a trail of stenciled sheep, each titled ‘What the flock?!’ The trail lead me through Hyde park yesterday morning to a full flock of cardboard cutouts stuck on sticks and some hanging in the trees. Projects like these are now a normal site to behold when walking through cities and parks. Over the last 50 years art has slowly moved away from gallery and museum walls, and now pretty much anywhere constitutes an art space. There was no sign of an artist or establishment, which made it ever more intriguing. If I had seen this in a gallery or museum situation my experience would have been somewhat different. The spontaneity of time and place allowed me to look at, think about and make conclusions (or not) about the ‘piece’ without any preconditions. I think seeing art outside gallery walls brings new dimensions to a work as it engages with the environment and the minds of those who would not usually encounter art. All in all it got my brain ticking (which at 9.30 in the morning is quite an achievement) and gave me a cheap giggle on the way to uni. I am excited to see more of this kind of thing next week at Leeds Light Night!
Alex
Hi Alex,
ReplyDeleteFirstly, welcome to the Blog!
You raise interesting issues, regarding the 'location' of art...is art a 'thing', or an 'experience'? for example. There has been an increase in the number (and form) of public artworks over the last few decades...(I'm thinking BIG here...Christo for example!...and of course we should also include the work of people like Richard Long and etc...)...maybe a fruitful approach would be to reverse the suggested framework...and ask not what is the location for 'art', but rather what constitutes an 'art gallery'....but maybe you are doing that already?
Mark...keep blogging!