Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Exhibition Title ideas

I am trying to come up with a title for exhibition - something simple but that summarise what the exhibition is about. I want something that will express the primitive elements that I want to portray but also refer to the naturalistic theme of the location.

Crystal Cave - was one of my ideas although it sounded rather cliche. The reason I am considering it is because in rock formations and caves crystals naturally develop and I would view the artwork, appearing around the space, as crystals because of their beauty, interest and value.
The artist Danny Divini was quoted, http://daviniart.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/original-abstract-modern-paintings.html, talking about his series of painting and this got me thinking about the crystal concept, “Striving for Raw & Organic natural designs, my “Art Gem” series has given me some of my most satisfying results. Each one is unique, with patterns that reflect beautiful natural flowing elements.
The best way to describe my paintings is to compare them to gemstones." Below are some of his abstract paintings, I am partically considering including his work in the exhibition depending on how well the other art fits into the show and how well they would work with Davini's art.



I am intriged by this work because of the flow of colour, the transparency of the paint and the mysterical quality of the pieces, like the artist said, appear naturally formed.

Other title ideas/brainstorm:
Primal Cave
Plato's Cave...refering to the old myth that I was introduced to in the lecture by James Hellings, http://moodle.bcu.ac.uk/biad/file.php/219/Plato_s_Cave.pdf
“The story goes that a group of prisoners were chained-up facing a wall in a cave. The prisoners had, from birth, always been kept in the dark, in the cave. Behind the prisoners was a fire, which when lit projected shadows onto the wall of the cave. Not knowing any better the prisoners thought that these shadows were real, they thought the illusions and semblances were real - they gave these moving forms symbolic meaning. The inhabitants of the cave mistook appearance for reality…”
This relates to the idea that the artwork in the exhibition is like a fascinating illusion partically as it will be lit up and the audience will be able to use torches to shine on different parts of the art.  Although I would not want to use the name entirely as it is already a name of a story as well as used as the title of the lecture, I would like to use it as inspiration to create something inspired by that idea.

Word play:
- Off the Wall
- Modern History
- Natural Beauty
- Beauty Within/ Beauty Inside
- Preserved...

Art cave...? I thought this would be an interesting title for the exhibition as it is an intriging name yet simplistic name that would reflect would the show is about and create inticing interest. I think it would work very well on the advertisement posters as well.

Eventually I decided on the title "Cave Works" as it is simple and direct and gives a clear indication to what the exhibition is about.

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