Thursday 15 January 2009

1.1 Scene - Visual Arts Venues

~Local Art Galleries~

-Whitechapel Gallery
-Bow Arts Trust
-Nunnery Gallery
-Chisenhale
-Brady Arts Centre
-Hayward Gallery
-Britain Tate
-Oxford House
-Stratford Theatre
-The Approach Gallery
-CLC Media
-East London Dance
-Circus Media

1.1 Scene - Guides for Visual Arts

~Review of Visual Art Venue/Exhibition Guides~ (What they contain)

Sample Guide 1
-What inspired them
-Aimed at specific audience -adults
-History on artist's life, what they're based on
-Dates, information on events
-Contact details
-Pictures of artist's work
-Paintings can be bought
*Doris Saleedo at Tate Modern
*Doris Hockney at National Portrait Gallery
-Info on artists

Sample Guide 2
-Things you can buy
-Clothing exhibition
-Colourful image on front
-Label of fashion designer -when they started
-Making clothes and where they're from
-Maps -gallery guide, where to find items in the exhibition
*Victoria and Albert -the golden age of couture

Sample Guide 3
-Front cover does not contain any written information
-Picture does not tell you what it's for
-Introduction and photography
-Artist names written on back page
*Tate Modern Fiscelli and Weiss

Sample Guide 4
-Institute of Contemporary Arts -info on back
-In association with (Partnerships)
-Contains sponsors
-Words Only -simple font
-Pictures inside of artwork
-Lots of writing -about individual artists, where they're from, title of their work
-Too many pictures -show whole exhibition
-Back contains gallery exhibition
-Dull, black and white
-Gallery to buy artwork

Sample Guide 5
-Credits on back page for images
-Opening times
-Events page -video/film screenings
-Info on exhibition -how to improve the world
-Meaning behind artists' works
-Where artwork is placed in gallery e.g stairwell, gallery 1 etc