Jeremy deller exhibition (part one)
After exploring the Love is Enough exhibition by Jeremy Deller in Birmingham I wanted to research into other exhibitions Deller has curated. I noticed in the exhibition I attended that he had selected two very different artists to exhibit together. When first hearing about this exhibition I couldn’t see a connection between Andy Warhol and William Morris. Firstly, their time periods are very different; Warhol living between 1928 to 1987, his work flourishing during the 60’s and Morris living between 1834 and 1896.
Morris was an English born textile designer and he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. Whereas Warhol was an American born artist who was the leading figure in the visual arts movement, also known as pop art.
The two artists themselves are very different in their style of work also; Morris looks mainly at natural things like plants and animals, making drawings from them and prints. However, Warhol looks into media, celebrity culture and advertisement.
Asides all these differences between Morris and Warhol, the exhibition was strong and captivating. Deller could clearly see connections between the artists common interests in mass production, popular culture and mythology. As a viewer it was as if I could see exactly what Deller saw when curating the exhibition. The connection between individual works of art, via printmaking and their use of collaboration. They both established printmaking business and distributed their work through new forms of mass production.
Morris was an English born textile designer and he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. Whereas Warhol was an American born artist who was the leading figure in the visual arts movement, also known as pop art.
The two artists themselves are very different in their style of work also; Morris looks mainly at natural things like plants and animals, making drawings from them and prints. However, Warhol looks into media, celebrity culture and advertisement.
Asides all these differences between Morris and Warhol, the exhibition was strong and captivating. Deller could clearly see connections between the artists common interests in mass production, popular culture and mythology. As a viewer it was as if I could see exactly what Deller saw when curating the exhibition. The connection between individual works of art, via printmaking and their use of collaboration. They both established printmaking business and distributed their work through new forms of mass production.