Every inch shone white; the floorboards, the walls and the ceiling, but spread across the purity were little rainbow squares created by the sunshine which beamed through the large glass windows which lined the walls. It was like entering an igloo created by a special tribe; a student tribe whom chose to showcase their thoughts and ideas through the flick of a paintbrush, the depth of a photograph and a mashed up medley of different materials.
The floorboards chirped like crickets as footsteps carefully and gradually made their way from one side of the room to the other. Whispers arose rarely, but other than that, silence prevailed. Silence necessary for observation, thoughtfulness and appreciation.
The room was split into small compartments with tall walls and cracked pillars which concealed different art pieces so that you had to explore each section thoroughly to discover gold. Some pieces were hidden behind a draped white curtain, cut right down the middle, so that you could poke your head through; whilst others were so large and beautiful, they were unmissable. Some pieces shocked, other’s provided a feeling of calm whilst my favourites initiated careful thought processes to form. I looked onwards, wondering ‘how?’ ‘Why?’ and ‘when?’ these concepts were created within a person’s mind.
Side-stepping around the spacious room, I noticed various pieces of artwork which had this effect on me. Never having been to an art exhibition before, I quickly learnt that the pieces which were rich in texture (with overlapping materials, colours and tones) appealed to me the most, as the drastic contrast of them with the blank white walls was truly mesmerising.
Maybe I enjoyed them because my mind relates to such complexity and depth, having thought processes which skip and hop and sometimes dive into a place unknown and unspeakable with others?
Maybe the point of artwork altogether is to get such thought’s stirring and whirring within one’s mind?
Food for thought.
A Room for Thought.
(Sarah Bingham)
(Georgia Brown)
(Laura Flanagan)
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