New Walsall Art Gallery

My favourite piece from todays expedition from the Hecklers exhibition this piece “Wash your Mouth out” by Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallison.

Metropolis: reflections on the modern city

I’ve spent most of my childhood visiting Birmingham Art Gallery and museum with my parents and schools etc, but it’s only been the last few years where I’ve been interested in what I was looking at. A few weeks before the end of our “Final Major Project” We went to visit a new part of the Gallery “Metropolis” which is an exhibition based around reflections of a Modern city. The work from various artists around the world all comes together to bring this feel of life within the world. That buzz you expect when you visit New York or the crisp wind against your ears when you pop into Poland.

Mohamed Bourouissa’s work really inspired me. I don’t class myself as a photographer but what I do love is the way you can build a story up from a photograph. With this work each photograph meant something to me for example “The Reflection” (the bottom photograph) reflects the sadness of time passing. The old televisions are old and discared for me this could relate to the way we treat our family, it could be a statement about the state of care homes and what they represent. The possibilities are endless and that is what I love about art.

 

The further you get into the exhibition the more it pulls you in, the variety of work is what makes it so special with digital projection, painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media installation.

I highly reccomend you should give this exhibit a go before the 23rd of June!:

http://www.bmag.org.uk/events?id=2362