One of the things that has been on my wish list for quite some time has been to set up a virtual gallery for my art.
This seemed like it might be a tall order for someone who started out with technology in the days when you had to use punch cards and deliver them to a mainframe computer!
However, over recent months things have started to fall into place:
I discovered that ‘Artplacer’ – a platform that I have been using to develop ‘in situ’ images of my artwork, offers a number of virtual galleries and is very user-friendly …
In Situ example
The opportunity to be part of a joint textile art exhibition arose and as I was looking at the work for this show I realized what a large body of textile work I had!
So I made the decision to set up a virtual gallery of my textile artworks!
My experience with exhibiting work with galleries to date has been limited largely to providing the work.
The curatorial decisions about the way the work is presented has been in the hands of the Gallery or the group organizing the exhibition.
With this project those curatorial decisions are all mine!
In addition, a virtual gallery is not constrained like a physical gallery – it’s a blank canvas! it is possible to change the colour of the walls, floors and ceilings, the position of work and other elements that might be added, meaning there are a myriad of possibilities!
After playing with the options and getting to know how it all works I realized I needed to be clear about the experience I wanted to create ….
what is the exhibition all about – the themes, the inspirations and what ties it all together;
in addition to the art work, what other visual elements would support the story I want to tell;
how do I want the gallery space to look and feel and
how does all this translate into designing the gallery space from a practical perspective.
After much consideration, my aim is to create an immersive experience that will give the viewer a taste of the ‘landscape’ that surrounded and inspired me and helped to create the artwork that is part of the exhibition.
The exhibition is built around the final major work completed in 2019 called ‘Golden Days’ and will include works from the three main textile art series I worked on during the period 2014 to 2019.
The exhibition is falling into place nicely which is very exciting ! … just some of the behind the scenes work to complete.
My plan is to launch the exhibition on my website in early September and
I will let you know as soon as the exhibition is live on my website!
Thank you for taking the time to read … your interest and support is greatly appreciated!
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Till next time .... CC