Series of gallery’s visits in 2021-2022 through second year BA fine art plus some of my arts practice experimentation documented.
This blog is a record of galleries seen in order month by month along with galleries visited that were self led outside my BA fine art course that Ive been inspired by through 2021 and 2022 so far along with artist book research relating to my body of work this year.
Gallery one
The first gallery we went to was the Marlborough Albermarle St, were we saw work of Gillian Ayes 1930-2018.
Gillian Ayres, gallery 1.
Cuckoo Time
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Sabrina oil on canvas
Gillian Ayres gallery 2, Marlborough.
Phosphor 1979-80
Ding dong Merrily on high, 1989
Gillian Ayres, gallery 3.
Untitled 1982
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Gillian Ayres through her work being less noticed is also seen as tragic with the fire that happened in 2004 to the Momart warehouse in east London that turned some of her work along with a vast amount of British art that spanned through the past half-point of the century including the likes of over 50 prominant works by the abstract painter Patrick Heron.
Gillian Ayres 1980-2021.
Gillian Ayres is an artist that specialises in painting and drawings on paper her work gained attention for the unique and daring style and forms of experimentation she used were she made work that gained enough traction that it opened the path for her to join the skilled and influential artists of the 20th century, tho sadly many of these paintings have not been seen for decades whilst various of her other works were lost in the 2004 momart fire.
In 2004 at a warhouse at the at the Londoner art storage and handling company Momart bought fire, were a great number of contemporary artworks attracted a lot of attention for approximately fourty million pounds was destroyed, amongst all these works were art by the likes of Damien Hurst 36works of art were lost, The artist Patrick Heron 50 works were lost, along with Tracy Emin’s work, the work of Chris Ofili and Jack and Dinos chapman, the warehouse was built serenaded by Industrial buildings.
Through the year 2005 a case of legal action was taken against Momart for neglect of conduct were made to the commercial court amongst the ones potting fourth the claims were Gillian Ayres the housebound of Helen Chadwick, Shirley Conran, and the family of Patrick Heron, through the eyes of the media allegedly the ones making patients said that the handling company Momart that there storage facilities were completely unsuitable for high value fine art.
The loss from 2004 has been estimated to be more then £30-50 Million, Gillian Ayres with 8 of her own paintings; estate of Helen Chadwick, artist at least 14 works by the names of, Philoxenia, Cyclops Cameo, Opal Shirley Conran the writer and collector and over 20 works by Ron Arad, “The Big easy volume” and the Union in ceramic by Nicolas Rena, Two ceramics by Alison Britton, The artist Barry flangan nine of his own sculptures, Clio heath forty paintings from the 1960’s by her father, Adrian heath, along with Kathrine and Susanna Heroin.
Exactly fifty major works from Patrick heroin were lost in the fire, by the names of “14-discs,” ‘Vertical light,” “Harbour Window,” and “The girl in Harbour room,” and the artist Damian hurst, with 16 of his own works including “Spin” and “butterfly paintings” including also works by other artists like Angus Fairhurst and Michael Joo.
https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/warehouse-fire-2013-gillian-ayres-et-al-and-momart
Simon Lee gallery, 12 Berkeley street, the works of Rachel Howard.
https://www.simonleegallery.com/artists/252-rachel-howard/
Sadie Coles HQ gallery, work by Nikola Tyson.
Nicola Tyson, Bird call, 2021
Nicola Tyson, Airborne, 2021
Nicola Tyson, Reclining Figure, 2021
Nicola Tyson, Virgin and child, 2021
Nicola Tyson, Birdwatcher, 2021
Nicola Tyson, Piggy-backing, 2021
Nicola Tyson, Straying into the visual field, 2021
Nicola Tyson Graphite
https://www.sadiecoles.com/exhibitions/current/
This is the second gallery visit documentation of research for FNA-2530 Professional Development and reflection with John Timberlake and Keith Piper at green park.
For my professional development and reflection i have chosen to use my process as a part of my research narrative for this module through video processing week by week.
Above was the first gallery visit documentation of research for FNA-2530 Professional Development and reflection with John Timberlake and Keith Piper at green park.
Video entry for the Folkstone trip with my year and the year 3’s and MA’s with Keith Piper and Tansy Spinks.
October 11th 2021
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During the trip to Folkstrone I saw many new creative works that i haven’t seen before such as the Folkestone Triennial etc.
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During this second video documentation of the Folkestone trip i saw sculptural hand made structures of houses and a video sculpture with coloured smoke with various artists in the space such as Holly Sherlock’s work invisible lines of connections.
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The freeze art fair London southwest Battersea
Video entry for my own trip to the Freez art fair 2021 in Battersea South west London.
Second of November Camden arts centre trip with John Timberlake and Keith Piper 2/11/2021.
Tate Modern gallery visit with Anne Robinson and Alice-maude-roxby 2/11/2021.
Anicka Yi
Through my visit at the Tate modern art gallery some of the work I feel relates back to my own practice for example the work done by Anicka Yi titled In love with the world created at the Bankside Turbine hall 1972 photographer unknown.
Tate modern Anicka Yi In love with the world
2/11/2021 video entry
Tate modern description of the work In love with the world by Anicka Yi 2/11/2021
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The reason why i feel the work of Anika Yi relates back or has similarities to my own work thanks to the aspect of movement used in the artists work seen at the Tate modern titled In love within the world, further more relating back to my work in the sense that her work can be seen as an installation or sonic sculpture, with the similarity of my own style of working taking up a room through the aspect of light projection beamed off from glass and movement thanks to the rotating turnstiles or mirror ball motors used through my own practice.
Chryssa
The artwork that i saw at the Tate modern i feel most relates to my practice is an artwork titled Study of gates created by Chryssa from 1933 to 2013 an artist born in Greece, worked in Greece and the US through out her career, the work she’s done shown at the Tate modern was created through the use of Perspex, 8 neon lights and a timer.
Another artist i feel relates to my practice is the artist Victor Grippo work titled Energy of a potato (or untitled or energy) 1972, made using a Potato, electric meter, electrodes and wires.
In my opinion the work of Victor Grippo relates to my practice thanks to his use of electricity in his work, similar to the way electricity is used in my work through the perspective of mediums used through the artwork itself being electricity is were i see the commonality between my work and how he’s portrayed through his work energy of a potato.
Energy of a potto 1972 by victor Grippo
The reason why I feel the work of Victor Grippo titled Energy of a potato relates back to my practice is because of how the artist uses electricity through the work to represent the meaning through the work relating similarly to my own practice within the sense that it relates to referencing the septets of the industrial revolution also relating to Victor’s work through the work being a form of an interactive pice thanks to electricity being an art representation through his work alining to the idea of chemistry being another way his work relates back to my own through the aspect of fuel and the linking between this and the industrial revolution through the burning of coal relating back to pollution through smog.
Engraving on acrylic process video
7th of Novmeber 2021
One brief entry of my process for my blog
During this process in my work I thought of documenting the stages whilst producing the work in person through a video format as this can inform the people that see my work in more of a direct and deliberate way in my opinion rather then showing my process only through photos as this allows me to create more variety throughout my body of work.
The L.U.X Art gallery with Nic Sandiland and John Dack, 11/11/2021 multimedia trip.
During the L.U.X exhibition i saw various artworks shown through projectors and through the use of sound, light and computer generated effects with multiple works commissioned by LG and created by using flexible OLED displays, with various artists by the names of a’strict, Refik Anadol, Je Baak, Cecilia Bengolea, Can Yuxi, Es Devlin, Iart Studio, Julianknxx, Carsten Nicolai, Hito Steyerl, Universal everything.
The L.U.X Art exhibition artists work plus descriptions 11/11/2021
Artist Carsten Nicolai
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Uncolor 2014 at the L.U.X exhibition
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The Serpentine art gallery 13/11/2021 all artworks by Herve Telemaque.
Research to add on to my research narrative of collage assemblages similar to my style of collage work shown in my own process and visual formatting of my body of work.
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Through the artist Herve Telemaque body of work i can see a connection to my own work through the perspective of the art of assemblage collages with how my work further relates to his various works for example Telemaque’s work titled Portraiz de famille family portrait (1962-63) and the work titled La Lettre (The letter 1968) Both relating back to my work thanks to there use if lights and words shown within the works.
Some book research on the artist Hans Haacke for my Blog
Book Research on the artist Hans Haack 13/11/2021.
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The reason why I chose hans Haack is because of how the artist uses movement and site specific methods of portraying his art the I can see within my artwork along with the formality aspect of Haacks body of various works similar to my own.
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The work of Thomas Wilfred
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The work of Doug Wheeler
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Video update 14/11/2021 engraving on glass and wood processes.
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Video of my work for my blog for my second year to provide context to my gallery and book research.
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Second video of part of my final pice further on in my process.
The reason why I have pot this video selectively for my blog is because it work well in connection to the artist Hans Haacke from the context of Installation visuals thanks to the movement and projection.
Series of Images thirteen, artist research from the book Phenomenal California Light, Space and Surface
25/12/2021
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Update 25/01/22 South London New Contemporaries art gallery, Camberwell College of Art trip with Keith Piper and Tansy Spinks
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Above is an artwork done by the artist Billy Smith-Morris, 2021
This artwork I found a fair amount of Ideas for thanks to the way the pice stands with the stilts making the work have a very Minimal perspective around the gallery space.
By Femi Dawkins, 2021
This artwork I found a fair amount of Ideas for thanks to the way the pice stands with the stilts making the work have a very Minimal perspective around the gallery space.
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By the artist Adam Zoltowski, 2021
This artwork Is an Installation pice that works with wind through an electrical device to power it.
By the artist Janina Frye, 2021 and was officially made in 2019.
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Magnolias, 2021 Bloomberg new contemporaries by Zaneta Zukalova.
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The work of Zaneya Zukalova Magnolias, I found has a lot of futures similar to my own work like how she uses projectors and text etc.
But also In how her work relates to the environment similar to how the subject matter within my own work is to do with Industrial Energy.
With my work in a sense being the root force of energy that Zaneya Zukalova expresses is the thing that the world should be avoiding or reducing to make for a more healthier planet.
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https://london.czechcentres.cz/program/zaneta-zukalova-at-bloomberg-new-contemporaries-2021
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https://www.zanetazukalova.com/magnolias-2021
Website link to Bloomberg new contemporaries art gallery 2021.
Gallery content & events
Blog update 28/01/2021
Artist research on Der Lauf Der Lingen, by Fischli and Weiss
Peter Fischli, David Weiss The way things go 1986
Der Lauf Der Dingo film still, 1986
The work of Peter Fischli & David Weiss is a 30 minute to 16mm film that shows the non-stop chain reaction of common day to day objects as they clatter whilst passing on a Conveyor belt through a ware house studio space in Zurich.
The way things go film still 1986
The work of Peter Fischli & David Weiss is a 30 minute to 16mm film that shows the non-stop chain reaction of common day to day objects as they clatter whilst passing on a Conveyor belt through a ware house studio space in Zurich.
Lyndsey Seers and Dean Kenning’s work with robotics
Linsey Seers artwork every thought there ever was 4th of may 2018 – 29th of July 2018
The work of Lyndsey Seers Every thought there ever was is a moving Image artwork that explores human consciousness through the Schizophrenic mind and artificial intelligence.
The way Lindsay Seers uses sound in her work with the lighting used In the space that shows her work provides feelings of unease and mystery both aspects I see through my artwork through its use of light and sound.
Blog update 5/02/22
Summer-set house self lead gallery visit
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The work of Pierre-Auguste Renir 1841-1919 titled Spring Chatou I find very memorable and magnetic with how trees and natural landscapes are shown with the range of colours showing a sense of calmness and hyper realism.
Spring, Chatou 1873
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The Bridge at Courbevoie 1886-87
By Georges Seurat
The painted view in George Seurat’s The Bridge at Courbevoie I find intriguing with the way George has used pointillism within his work highlighting the tallness of the tree creating a sense or essence of photography with how the tress was focused on with the background painted in relation to the tree.
Along with this aspect I also find Georges painted observation of a Chimeny painted in the background bares a lot of the same context to my work with how George Seurat uses the factory Chimeny to remind others about the Riverside town of Courbevoie was quickely transforming to an Industrial suberb of Paris.
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Claude Monet Autumn Effect at Argenteuil 1873, paint on canvas.
The work of Claude Monet Autumn Effect at Argenteuil I interpret as quite a mature observation of autumn leaves and blue water accurate to how nature can be dipicted through paint on canvas relivant in a sense to how my own work vonvaeys nature In relation to manmade Inventions through time.
Along with this aspect in Claude Monet’s work I also find the relation to how the description of manmade old railroads painted within the natural scapes of rivers and tress showing how nature and manmade constructs both exist to appose each other within the same space.
Claude Monet, Autumn effect at Argenteuil 1873
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The Card Players, by Paul Cezanne, 1892-96
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Honore Daumier 1808-1879, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
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Self portrait March-June 1887, Oil paint on artist’s board Van Gogh
Self portrait parish spring, 1887 Oil paint on artist’s board Van Gogh
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Self portrait with felt hat, Paris, December 1886-January 1887, Oil paint on canvas
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The Hayward art gallery self lead gallery visit
17/02/22
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Cell VII 1998 private collection
Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth collection services
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The reason why I have documented this artwork from the Hayward art gallery is because of the structural aspect of this Installation art pice along with how it uses light when positioned in the room and how the shape of the sculpture as allowed for the viewers to see the work from multiple angels and perspectives allowing for more flexibility in the artwork.
With the objects that were placed inside the work pushing this idea of versatility further.
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Overall the Hayward art gallery visit was quite inspiring with the Installations of cabinets & objects followed by the Spider Installation art pice.
The story and themes behind the artworks at this gallery have a lot of gothic and mysterious elements to the various artworks that have a similar style to my own body of work in the sense of object collectivism specific to meanings and ideas also seen through my own creative practice in a similar way.
Update 18/02/22, First year final pice compared to my second year final pice
First year final pice, Urban decay and human dereliction
The final pice I had for the first year of my fine art degree had less variety in material compared to my second year final pice with the work Ive done for second year showing a higher level of ideas with how acrylic, glass, plastic and lights have been used comapred to realying on just one material for ideas.
Along with this aspect of the work I can also see structurally my new for work for this second year is more evolved for instance structuraly with a floor being used to hold the boards instead of the artwork leaning against walls with wooden blocks for stands for instance I can see is a more pronounced aspect of improvement within my own work when comparing my first year of my degree to second year.
Video of Urban decay and human dereliction
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By Leon Westbroek
19th – 24th of February Islington Arts Factory exhibition, 2 Pankhurst road.
Exhibition title Gaining Momentum
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Second year final pice, Industrial revolution meets nature
My final pice is titled The Industrial revolution meets nature an I see the art pice as an Improved version compared to what I finished with in first year thanks to how the newer artwork has moving parts combined with lights & mirrors so the pice can be seen form any angel compared to my first year work that could be seen in only one way.
(IAF) exhibition final pice Industrial revolution meets nature.
Private view 21/02/22
This artwork is made of two artworks that connect through the idea of cause and effect. the first one is made of two projectors together with moving parts & golden renaissance picture frame, the second artwork is made of two boards with the frames and black floor combined together for the second pice.
Together these two artworks represent how the Industrial revolution lead to endangered animals thanks to western societies Industrial boom of the 18,00s.
Hight 136cm
Width 194.5cm
Depth 153cm
By Leon Westbroek
Overall this blog comprises of a rundown of galleries plus books on multiple Installation artists along with the artist Hans Haacke, most relating to my practice thanks to the use of Installation art and found objects that are Industrial in form as seen by some of the other books by other Installation artists I’ve down research on along with the books covering light projectors plus galleries visited such as the Hayward art gallery in South bank London etc.
This blog provides documentation mostly of galleries and artists research through books on multiple artists work along with some of my own artwork used in relation to the galleries and book research documented on this blog used as a more focused version of the research narrative were this blog targets Informed information on artists that have Inspired my work through the course of 2021 to 2022 so far through my Multimedia arts practice.
Leon's kinetic & light sculpture 