Photographers Gallery Review

The Photographers Gallery is in London on Oxford Street, where there is a lot of different exhibitions that all relate to a similar theme. The theme for this particular exhibition was different ranges of collages. 

There were different photographers in the exhibition and the ones that caught my eye were Laura Letinsky and Clunie Reid. Laura Letinsky creates pieces of work by playing with representations of space and time. She uses still life as well as pictures so it focuses on the relation between having 2D and 3D forms in either a little amount of space or a huge space. Clunie Reid showcases pixelated internet icons collaged alongside loose marker pen drawings, stickers and text. 

We were split up into different group to answer one question and then feed it back to the rest of the class. The questions were: What are the effects of the exhibition's design? What does it look like? What does the work show? How does it make you feel?

For all the three different exhibitions we went into, we answered this as much as possible. For some of the artists/photographers work there was quite a difference in layout/design and technique. So the photos we chose we had judged them individually and write about them honestly. 

Here is one my favourite pieces of work by Laura Letinsky. This is because of of the layout and the different elements using flat images and objects to create a set dinner table. There is a lot of contrast within the different cutlery styles which i really like. I also like the amount of space she was left so you automatically drawn into the collage.   

Another piece of work that I really liked was by Anna Parkina. I like the concept of this because of the main element of this sort of architecture taking up most of the image, you you notice a body showing through. I like this because it also most gives the collage a sense of deception because they is a woman with no head 'buired' amongst lost of frame work. It works really well together.    

One image that I didn't really like was by Geraldo de Barros. I feel that it didn't really contain alot of collage elements. To me this just looks like a lot of poles or lines overlapping each other. This didn't really appeal to me as much as his over work did. 

Even though I liked her work, this collage by Clunie Reid, didn't really appeal to me as much as the over works of art she created in the gallery. I feel this because it look a bit messy and the over lapping of the black marker pen is a little over the top for me personally. However I did enjoy looking at the rest of her work. 

In my personal opinion I feel that the trip did benefit me in someway to help me create more experiments for the books I've chosen. I did enjoy looking at the different photographers and the way something so simple of cutting up negatives or using marker pens in their work is really unique and inspiring. It has given me some inspiration for further progress in the future because I have now found out there is more than one type of collage type. However I think that I has help me more in my Photographer progress slight more but I still want to develop ideas and experiments for my project. Maybe incorporating natural things or text into the collage.

http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/