I have submitted my ideas for the show in Brick Lane come January and i hope
to be informing you that i will exhibiting some old BTEC pieces of mine and also
details and invites of people to come!
Otherwise next friday (3.12.2010) i will be off to Finland for 3 and a half weeks
to concentrate on some new work for galleries to see and perhaps sell in 2011!
During this time i will be focusing on my Woman as Object project and also avoiding
London Xmas madness, I will do a bit of updating whilst away otherwise don't hesitate
to contact me on l.e.hanrahan@gmail.com if you want any information on shows of things
i have written!
Cheers All and Hope you have a Merry Christ-o-mas (not too consumerist i hope!)
and a great New 2011! Here's to the next bunch of amazing and sometimes terrible
shows!
Paintings on the wall
By Lauren Hanrahan
Thursday 25 November 2010
Turner Prize 2010 and Treasures of Budapest Review
Ok so im going to start on the Turner first as i have some clear ideas of what I saw within
the show and also my opinions of it. Then I will go onto the RA show as that was a much more
detailed exhibition full of various artists and depictions of Budapest in the 1800's-1900's.
This years Turner Prize seemed almost tranquil compared to previous years. With Susan Philipsz, Dexter Dalwood, Angela de la Cruz, and The Otolith Group, the artists were quite subtle in their ideas and exocution of them.
To be fair the prize has been extremely slated this year along with getting some praise by London newspapers. I myself found it at times boring but at the same time definetley different from what i had seen in the past. Yes its true you couldn't spend more than an hour in there but i did still find it worth seeing. I have my bets on Angela and The Otolith as their work was the more interactive and tactile. Whereas Dalwood and Philipsz was distant from the viewer/art goer/cultie?.
Overall de la Cruz's was not her best work, as i saw one of her catalogues outside the show and wanted to see what was in their rather than the show. Using plastic, paint, Broken stretchers she makes "The Painting" a more dynamic in form rather than material/subject art and i really liked that she'd thought out of the box in terms of flatness and how a painting could hang off the wall. I definetley suggest people to follow her as she has a strong idea going on in that mind.
Also the Otolith group showed various videos and one massive projection for the viewer to be taken in by i suppose, the two artists collaborated well and i loved the darkness of the space after leaving Dalwood's highly colourful, bright paintings in the first room.
To finalise on Dalwood and Philipsz, they just didn't seem interested enough in winning this year. Their pieces were kind of slack and i didn't feel so involved with their work, which is a shame because i believe dalwood could be a very unusual painter and philipsz could be more weird with her sound installations.
SO Thats my view on that show and to follow the plan of now reviewing the Treasures of Budapest Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art.....
Well where do i start! I really enjoyed the show with its history and collection mostly borrowed from the Hungry National Museum.
Full of drawings, Paintings, Sculpture (old and new) it was certainly a marvel to see and i
HIGHLY recommend that if you haven't seen this exhibit before christmas then you'd be missing out BIG TIME!
Yes it is slightly expensive but the pieces you get to see make the price all the worth it.
Normally i go into these shows expecting the flow to be a bit gammy and the timeline to be a bit confused but no these guys have it down to a T!
From the colours of the walls to the general layout of the work, the whole thing is really gorgeous to see. My only qualm would be is that i expected more modern work to be in the show rather than only 2-3 end rooms, but on the other hand some of the archived stuff feels modern and one might get a sense that the "old stuff" does feed into the modern with it's line, colour, subject and size. I mostly enjoyed the portraites but i would be lying if i didnt say some of the still lifes, sculpture and drawings weren't seriously beautiful along with some of the frames that depicted times of poverty and political turmoil.
Also seeing the history around the paintings was wonderful, there were some amazing Velasquez and Da Vinci's that you wouldn't have seen besides the Hungry National Museum lending their prized possessed collection to the RA. Anyway i can't really describe more to you as its more of an experience to see compared to just reading about it on blogs or newspaper articles.
Whether your kind of interested in art, totally interested in art or moresoe into history or travelling, this exhibit will feed your imagination in some way or other. GO BE INTOXICATED WITH COLOUR AND SUBJECT at this show and you won't regret it.
That's all Folks!
Lauren the Painter
the show and also my opinions of it. Then I will go onto the RA show as that was a much more
detailed exhibition full of various artists and depictions of Budapest in the 1800's-1900's.
This years Turner Prize seemed almost tranquil compared to previous years. With Susan Philipsz, Dexter Dalwood, Angela de la Cruz, and The Otolith Group, the artists were quite subtle in their ideas and exocution of them.
To be fair the prize has been extremely slated this year along with getting some praise by London newspapers. I myself found it at times boring but at the same time definetley different from what i had seen in the past. Yes its true you couldn't spend more than an hour in there but i did still find it worth seeing. I have my bets on Angela and The Otolith as their work was the more interactive and tactile. Whereas Dalwood and Philipsz was distant from the viewer/art goer/cultie?.
Overall de la Cruz's was not her best work, as i saw one of her catalogues outside the show and wanted to see what was in their rather than the show. Using plastic, paint, Broken stretchers she makes "The Painting" a more dynamic in form rather than material/subject art and i really liked that she'd thought out of the box in terms of flatness and how a painting could hang off the wall. I definetley suggest people to follow her as she has a strong idea going on in that mind.
Also the Otolith group showed various videos and one massive projection for the viewer to be taken in by i suppose, the two artists collaborated well and i loved the darkness of the space after leaving Dalwood's highly colourful, bright paintings in the first room.
To finalise on Dalwood and Philipsz, they just didn't seem interested enough in winning this year. Their pieces were kind of slack and i didn't feel so involved with their work, which is a shame because i believe dalwood could be a very unusual painter and philipsz could be more weird with her sound installations.
SO Thats my view on that show and to follow the plan of now reviewing the Treasures of Budapest Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art.....
Well where do i start! I really enjoyed the show with its history and collection mostly borrowed from the Hungry National Museum.
Full of drawings, Paintings, Sculpture (old and new) it was certainly a marvel to see and i
HIGHLY recommend that if you haven't seen this exhibit before christmas then you'd be missing out BIG TIME!
Yes it is slightly expensive but the pieces you get to see make the price all the worth it.
Normally i go into these shows expecting the flow to be a bit gammy and the timeline to be a bit confused but no these guys have it down to a T!
From the colours of the walls to the general layout of the work, the whole thing is really gorgeous to see. My only qualm would be is that i expected more modern work to be in the show rather than only 2-3 end rooms, but on the other hand some of the archived stuff feels modern and one might get a sense that the "old stuff" does feed into the modern with it's line, colour, subject and size. I mostly enjoyed the portraites but i would be lying if i didnt say some of the still lifes, sculpture and drawings weren't seriously beautiful along with some of the frames that depicted times of poverty and political turmoil.
Also seeing the history around the paintings was wonderful, there were some amazing Velasquez and Da Vinci's that you wouldn't have seen besides the Hungry National Museum lending their prized possessed collection to the RA. Anyway i can't really describe more to you as its more of an experience to see compared to just reading about it on blogs or newspaper articles.
Whether your kind of interested in art, totally interested in art or moresoe into history or travelling, this exhibit will feed your imagination in some way or other. GO BE INTOXICATED WITH COLOUR AND SUBJECT at this show and you won't regret it.
That's all Folks!
Lauren the Painter
Review of Gaugin Show at Tate Modern
Ok so here goes! This is the latest show i went to along with quite a few others this month but i will write about this one first as it is the freshest in my mind. I saw it yesterday and may i just type now, WOW alot of people want to this guy!
On first entrance there are self portraits which are quite interesting but slightly mundane you could say. The use of colour quite dark and the depictions of himself at various stages are a nice introduction to the show, but not neccessarily the best. I would have rathered seeing a mixture of portraits of himself and others.
Then you go into a mass collection of sculptures Gaugin used within his paintings along with some of the loveliest colours he ever used. Definetley the 2nd room was lurring you into what then became about 5-6 more rooms with various drawings, sculpture and paintings. Amongst my favourite were his woodcuts and general doodles supporting the final work.
Up close and personal the tahitian girls were very beautiful but i expected more sordidness almost and then of course there were some really fantastic landscapes that i urge people to see. So yeah for £13.50 you sure do get a show, however i did feel at times the exhibition to be a bit too packed with not enough space surrounding the works and also alot of text around the place.
As usual Tate definetley makes it work for them and the general exhibition goer but from a painters point of view, i could easily see it a couple times as it was just SO overwhelming in terms of what he'd produced and pictorally reacted to almost.
Lucky for me my boyriend is a volunteer there and so we got in for free! Which is a great plus in this expensive day and age and when cameron is taking away from from the arts every which way! Last but not least the little booklet for the show contains NO PICTURES! which i find very cheap and thus forces us to either buy postcards (75p each!) or else the catalogue at £19.99 (paperback) Special Exhibition Price or £34.99 (hardback).
For more details on the show go to the Tate Website!
Happy Viewing!
Lauren
On first entrance there are self portraits which are quite interesting but slightly mundane you could say. The use of colour quite dark and the depictions of himself at various stages are a nice introduction to the show, but not neccessarily the best. I would have rathered seeing a mixture of portraits of himself and others.
Then you go into a mass collection of sculptures Gaugin used within his paintings along with some of the loveliest colours he ever used. Definetley the 2nd room was lurring you into what then became about 5-6 more rooms with various drawings, sculpture and paintings. Amongst my favourite were his woodcuts and general doodles supporting the final work.
Up close and personal the tahitian girls were very beautiful but i expected more sordidness almost and then of course there were some really fantastic landscapes that i urge people to see. So yeah for £13.50 you sure do get a show, however i did feel at times the exhibition to be a bit too packed with not enough space surrounding the works and also alot of text around the place.
As usual Tate definetley makes it work for them and the general exhibition goer but from a painters point of view, i could easily see it a couple times as it was just SO overwhelming in terms of what he'd produced and pictorally reacted to almost.
Lucky for me my boyriend is a volunteer there and so we got in for free! Which is a great plus in this expensive day and age and when cameron is taking away from from the arts every which way! Last but not least the little booklet for the show contains NO PICTURES! which i find very cheap and thus forces us to either buy postcards (75p each!) or else the catalogue at £19.99 (paperback) Special Exhibition Price or £34.99 (hardback).
For more details on the show go to the Tate Website!
Happy Viewing!
Lauren
Monday 22 November 2010
Soon to come a review of The Turner Prize 2010 and Treasures of Budapest at the Royal Academy!
Hello fellow artists,
Soon to come are my words and musings on these shows along with what's coming up
and also Lauren's travel plans and hopes for the new year including her show at the Rag
Factory just off Brick Lane! Talks soon peeps xx
Soon to come are my words and musings on these shows along with what's coming up
and also Lauren's travel plans and hopes for the new year including her show at the Rag
Factory just off Brick Lane! Talks soon peeps xx
Sunday 7 November 2010
New work!
SO yes on the update front,
I spent about 4-5 hours producing images and almost sketching in order for ideas to formulate so I'm ready to produce work in Finland. Otherwise, Yes work is coming along nicely and i look forward to showing the work in progress.
Lauren x
I spent about 4-5 hours producing images and almost sketching in order for ideas to formulate so I'm ready to produce work in Finland. Otherwise, Yes work is coming along nicely and i look forward to showing the work in progress.
Lauren x
Monday 1 November 2010
First post from Lauren the Painter
So yes this week has been quite eventful, however i have not had the chance to produce any work!
I plan to go to Finland for December in order to create some new work but also to pick up or perhaps sell work in friends houses. Otherwise i think the fresh air will do me some good and of course give me some inspiration.
My current focus is how to depict/comment on the objectification of the modern women, in relation to the issue of pornography and WHAT is the "modern" woman these days.
This project first came about when i was having a discussion with friends in Berlin, whilst on holiday and thinking about a strong subject to then somehow "react" to via painting.
Also by seeing an Emil Nolde show, which made me really think how a female artist could depict modern woman and what that would entail!
Anyways people, watch this space and i will post some photo ideas soon!
Lauren E Hanrahan
I plan to go to Finland for December in order to create some new work but also to pick up or perhaps sell work in friends houses. Otherwise i think the fresh air will do me some good and of course give me some inspiration.
My current focus is how to depict/comment on the objectification of the modern women, in relation to the issue of pornography and WHAT is the "modern" woman these days.
This project first came about when i was having a discussion with friends in Berlin, whilst on holiday and thinking about a strong subject to then somehow "react" to via painting.
Also by seeing an Emil Nolde show, which made me really think how a female artist could depict modern woman and what that would entail!
Anyways people, watch this space and i will post some photo ideas soon!
Lauren E Hanrahan
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