The Cob Gallery

My of my favourite designers has to be Kate Moross and finding out that she had her work exhibited in the Cob Gallery I immediately had to go. I absolutely loved this gallery and her style is something that I can't get enough of and I would love to recreate this.

The gallery not only exhibited her final pieces but the whole work process which was really interesting to see as someone who inspires me greatly. The tapped up pieces of hand drawn research and end results had a really unique feel which represented Kate Moross' personality and style of work. Her patterns are amazing and the style she uses is something that is something that I wish to recreate in my own work. I feel that the colours she uses as well as the hand drawn images put into computer software really mirrors my own style and I can learn a lot from this work. Some of the pieces were nice to see as a confirmation of stuff i've already seen though her work for products such as dairy milk and magazines that were published.

The way in which the work enhanced both my love and passion for this designer really made me want to go home and recreate some of her works in my own style. I feel that her work is something that I want to use as a main inspiration to my project and use a patterned theme throughout my work.

Although all of the works are amazing, my favourite piece has to be this one because of the bold colours against the black background. I also like how it has been presented alongside other works which make it stand out a lot more than just on a white background. The bubbles really enhance the text making it not only a poster of information but a work of art.

Having triangles all around the walls also promotes herself and adds a playful feel to the room. Overall, I absolutely loved the gallery and her work and it was a real shame that I missed her talk.

 

Kemistry Gallery

I visited the Kemistry Gallery where the works of Yoni Alter were presented. I visited this gallery because i wanted to see the bold colours as this is something I wanted to recreate with my own work. Yoni Alter had some different works to what I have seen before using bold colours and familuar surroundings of London's city skyline however it was uninspiring because it was overworked when it could have been kept simple.

Some of the images where made shiny which meant that the light reflected the glitter in them and made it hard to see. They really made me feel like my eyes were playing tricks on me and this was uncomfortable to view. Although these were not my favourite I can see that the shiny feel could be used to show the reflection on the buildings.

The big wall as you walk in is very striking as it makes you feel like you are looking up at these  tall buildings. My initial thoughts are of my days a child when my dad took me to Canary wharf for the first time and as I looked up outside of the building I was amazed by the height. This image although a better one than the rest could have increased the amount of depth it produced by using colour maybe in a different way. I would have preferred the image to have more detail although this isn't the style of work presented.

Howard Griffin Gallery

Today I visited the Howard Griffin Gallery because I wanted to visit the works of Thierry Noir someone who uses a lot of bold colours in his paintings. This is something I want my book to be in style if and although his work features cartoon like images the contrasting colours and bold lines really inspire me to achieve something similar. The gallery itself was something I was not expecting the two floors mirrored the style of the work including the walls and TVs into the spaces around the hung paintings. Thierry Noir painted the Berlin Wall and having the hanging space being the same stone like textures it felt very stripped back and meaning from the paintings shone through further. Having been to Berlin a couple of weeks ago it was good to see more of his work having briefly seeing his work there.

The bold designs all resemble this human like figure which seems to bends in weird ways making them appear to be cartoon like and un human in a way. I love the bold contrasting colours on the simple backgrounds of flat colours. The black lines around the paintings rather than tones of colour are unique in style and makes the painting feel more of a cartoon style than a pop art feel to them. They are very striking as they are big paintings that fill a lot of the wall and I can see how they would have made the Berlin wall feel more bright and colourful.