Went to Modern Art Gallery One and Two, to see the contemporary art collection and The Cut and Paste Exhibition. I really enjoyed the Cut and Paste exhibition, however my favourite pieces were from the contemporary art collection. One of my favourite pieces was by Anya Gallaccio. Anya Gallaccio does a lot of sculpturing and is known to associate her work with symbolic connections to history, culture and politics. Her installation “Red on Green” is of 10,000 roses is a rectangle shape in the middle of the room. The thing I noticed was the smell of the roses and the strong colour of the roses. If I was to think of what movement it would be in, it would be contemporary, maybe dadaism, due to it being a found object and the theme I feel would destruction, as the roses are slowly dying. My second artist was Charles Avery, to which he had an installation of an old projector, projecting animated birds and with the shadow of the outlined box, it gives the illusion of the birds being trapped inside. This could be in the movement of surrealism, with the theme of fantasy. Michael Armitage’s piece is oil paint on lumbago bark cloth. I love the colours that were used and is in the contemporary movement, however I feel it could be surrealism. My fourth piece was by Francis Campbell and I would say in the movement of impressionism. The pice was painted when Francis was in Venice. I love the thick brushstrokes visible and the fact you can still see the wood panel the it was painted on.
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