Photo credit: BBC - Your Paintings
The main purpose was to look at an exhibition of work by the late Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. There were quite a huge number of pieces on display and while a lot of them seemed quite interesting (mostly her technique) I didn't really connect with any of them except for one.
The piece I liked most was titled "Vermillion Discs onto Turqouise Square" and it literally was just that. I liked that it had a retro vibe about it and I would of thought that regardless of it being made in the 70's. I also liked that the colour contrast was quite harsh. In my opinion, the tones didn't compliment each other and that off-set the piece a little, which is while it stood out so much. A girl called Alice made some interesting points about the piece symbollizing new life. Elaborating on it more, I came to the conclusion that the Turquoise could represent the sky, whereas the Vermillion discs could represent blood cells, hence the new life coming into the world.
I didn't get a photo of the piece, which was really disappointing because if I had of known we were going to Hawick, I would of brought along my camera which could of benefited my Location Photography unit. I did however look into Wilhelmina's work online and found she did many more pieces using discs. I quickly did a re-creation of the piece I liked from memory, as I couldn't find any visible archive of it online.
From memory representation of Wilhelmina's "Vermillion Discs onto Turquoise Square"
After we had discussed Wilhelmina's work, the curator came in and we watched a short video about Wilhelmina. I didn't find it that interesting as it was more of a personal account from a close friend. Also by that time, we had been standing around for way too long and pins and needles were starting to kick in.
The curator also started talking about other pieces they had on display, some from quite famous artists. Now while I don't have a major interest in fine art, I did feel quite annoyed that the most expensive piece on show was left on the floor. Considering it was worth 5 figures or more, I thought that was not only an insult to the artist but very careless. Anybody could of walked into it or dropped something in it's direction.
After the Wilhelmina Exhibition we had a few minutes to wander. I and the rest of the group went into the next room which housed a lot of classic LP covers. This was very nostalgic for me because many of the covers I was already used to seeing as my Mom had owned the majority at one point or another while I was growing up. A few I also owned. I thought it was pretty awesome that the gallery had original covers from Madness, The Cure, Joy Division, The Clash, The Smiths, Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Talking Heads and of course, David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. I also liked the fact that I wasn't the only person in the group to like some of the music on display. A lot of the best music is lost within the rubbish of today, so it brought a smile to my face.
Once we got outside, the surrounding area really did make me wish I'd brought my camera. Another disappointment was that my Galaxy S4 is currently back at Samsung for repair and my temporary phone, which is the Galaxy S, has a pretty bad camera. I did take one photo which I thought was pretty cool. It is bad quality but I really liked the angle in which I took it at. One feature on a phone is that you can display an on-screen grid to help with the rule of thirds. I often use this and make use of the straight lines to position my subject matter. I feel that the statue and perspective of the shot gives an almost "crucifixion" feel to it.
I changed it to black and white because I felt the green from the trees was too distracting against the cloudy sky. Another reason was simply because of the camera in the phone being terrible, the colours were all over the place. Plus, I like Black and White a lot more, with the idea of simplifying something to give it more depth.
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