displaying
Canvases and boards together
I decided I wanted to see how the paintings, canvas and MDF board, would sit together within a space. When they're within my studio space it's difficult to see how they would look together. So I removed them from the space and sat them together in the lantern. I spaced the paintings propped against the walls within the white walled space, to see if the work would have a conversation together.
With the space being empty there were no distractions from the work so I was able to focus on each piece. What I realised was that the boards held the room much stronger than the canvases did, the boards were stronger. The board didn't benefit from having the other 6 canvases within the space, it was further within the development than the smaller paintings. It was strong enough on it's own and I felt the canvases weren't, so it would be best to displayed the MDF boards on their own rather than with the canvases.
With the space being empty there were no distractions from the work so I was able to focus on each piece. What I realised was that the boards held the room much stronger than the canvases did, the boards were stronger. The board didn't benefit from having the other 6 canvases within the space, it was further within the development than the smaller paintings. It was strong enough on it's own and I felt the canvases weren't, so it would be best to displayed the MDF boards on their own rather than with the canvases.
On the ground
After attending Dihn Q Le's exhibition "The Colony" I was inspired to experiment with displaying my pieces in a nontraditional way. The television was displayed on the ground with the screen facing up, it felt like a portal into a different world.
I wanted to recreate the sensation of hunting for the belemnite, which meant having the viewers look down onto the floor to discover the belemnite fossil. Although it was an interesting concept that I thought would be successful for what I wanted to create for these pieces, it had some limitations.
Due to the materials that I had worked with the create the painting the light distorted the piece. The materials are too glossy and it reflected the light back up at the viewer, distorting the viewers perception of the piece.
This was something I hadn't considered and decided that it wouldn't be a successful way of displaying the paintings.
I wanted to recreate the sensation of hunting for the belemnite, which meant having the viewers look down onto the floor to discover the belemnite fossil. Although it was an interesting concept that I thought would be successful for what I wanted to create for these pieces, it had some limitations.
Due to the materials that I had worked with the create the painting the light distorted the piece. The materials are too glossy and it reflected the light back up at the viewer, distorting the viewers perception of the piece.
This was something I hadn't considered and decided that it wouldn't be a successful way of displaying the paintings.
Against the wall
Chris Ofili displayed his paintings by propping them up upon elephant dung. I decided to experiment with this concept of displaying. I've been toying with the idea of displaying the belemnite fossils within the gallery and how I'd display them.
For the pieces I decided to prop the paintings on top of the belemnite fossils I had collected on my journey. The belemnites acted as a plinths to displaying the pieces, raising them off the ground. However, the belemnites didn't really elevate the paintings high enough for it to be noticeable, instead it just seemed as though the paintings where propped against the wall rather than being hung. Due to their size the viewers didn't interact with the belemnites, they didn't even notice they were there. They were too small and on the ground so the viewer would have to get down onto the ground to come in contact with the fossil which didn't happen.
For the pieces I decided to prop the paintings on top of the belemnite fossils I had collected on my journey. The belemnites acted as a plinths to displaying the pieces, raising them off the ground. However, the belemnites didn't really elevate the paintings high enough for it to be noticeable, instead it just seemed as though the paintings where propped against the wall rather than being hung. Due to their size the viewers didn't interact with the belemnites, they didn't even notice they were there. They were too small and on the ground so the viewer would have to get down onto the ground to come in contact with the fossil which didn't happen.