Exhibition Critique...

On the 17th Feb, the date of our exhibition we had a meeting in the exhibition space with Mona.
The overall review was positive, Mona mentioned a few things we needed to tidy up and we all agreed with her comments.
Critique comments:

• Because the space was so big we had to stretch the artists work out along the entire outside space to make it look "fuller." However this meant that the work was a little too broken up and it was hard to distinguish what was a piece of work and what wasnt, for example, Amys piece underneath the plastic sheeting.
• Mona also said, (about Amys piece underneath the plastic) were we as curators manipulating this piece of work to be displayed in a way it normally wouldnt be, meaning that we were in control of what goes where or was the artist in control deciding where her work went in relation to the outdoor space given? Our Answer = we chose the outside space for the artists to fill, we gave them specific areas to work with and they chose work they thought suitable.
• The "Tomorrow Belongs to Us"  tags. We placed the cardboard tags on string next the Amys work so that people knew it was a piece of work for the show. However we also used them in Nialls space where we hung his collection of flags "Preliminary Elements for an Instituation."  Mona said, the tags in Amys piece were to identify her work, however in Nialls the tags actually become part of the piece, becoming art as well as tags. So were they art? Our Answer = we admit that we got carried away with the tags, hanging them anywhere, but we honestly didnt mean for them to be included as an art piece.

Overall I think our exhibition was successfull. I think the nearer it got to the exhibition deadline everything become a little rushed and frantic but we pulled everything together to produce a professional first year curated show. I've enjoyed the experience and working with my tutor group. We all took our roles in the exhibition seriously and I think our hard work paid off.

I cant remember what else was mentioned in the meeting so if there's anything else to add then do :)

KATIE :)