26th January 2014
Today I visited an exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary by artist Marvin Gaye Chetwynd in galleries 3 and 4. The majority of Chetwynds work is based a interactive performance pieces however on the dates when there is no scheduled performance the viewers are free to wander around the gallery to view that various artworks. The majority of the sculptures and the installations began as costumes and handmade puppets which have since been developed to participate in these impressive performances. Chetwynd is influenced by a number of various historic performances such as carnivals, political demonstrations and drag acts. Her work incorporates many different social political issues too, sci-fi, the 60's, folk tradition, debt, gender politics and literature by authors such as Milton and Dickens, this therefore makes her work very diverse. The image below shows the Cat Bus which was inspired by the 1988 Japanese film My Neighbour Totoro.
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| A Tax Heaven Run By Women, Cat Bus |
The images above show the exhibition without the performance piece in flow. However despite this the exhibition still provides the viewer with an interactive experience i.e there are numerous bean bags along with the videos playing on the numerous televisions. This exhibition is a very contemporary and abstract piece which makes use of the floor space rather than using any of the wall which is also what we plan to achieve within our exhibition. The installation seems to be discarded over the floor space which means the viewer has to decipher their way around the various objects this means the exhibition has the viewers full attention as they are aware of the trip hazard. This exhibition has been a great one to look at in relation to the exhibition our group has planned as it is extremely unorthodox.
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