I managed to go to the Rachel Maclean exhibition that I found a few weeks ago when doing some artist research. It was only one smallish room but still glad that I checked it out.
There was just a few large images hanging on the wall with one of her videos playing on a projector. The space was painted with bright colours to match the colour scheme of her artwork.
It was quite a trippy exhibition and my sister just didn't get it and walked out almost straight away... but I really like the concept, although maybe a bit too much for what I do (maybe a bit too fine art), it has definitely made me think about my own work. Colour scheme has always been very important to my work and making it relevant to my images, I think mine is a bit similar to what Maclean uses, the overly bright colours as a sugar coat to mask the social problems of the modern life. I also like how it's just so over the top to prove a point, and actually the room was pretty full so it worked, the bright colours and strange subjects seemed to entice people to come and see what it was all about. Maybe this is something I need to consider?????
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