Art and Exhibition- Mission Statement

It was just the colour out of space

Our exhibition, titled It was the colour out of space, is taking place on 2nd March
and is being held at the Birmingham School of Art in Margaret Street. The
building was founded in 1843 and is now part of Birmingham City Faculty of Arts
and is the home of the department of Fine arts. The exhibition is being held in
PS1, a room which is used for displaying art works of the students within the
building.
The exhibition is titled It was just the colour out of space which is a quote from
a short story written by H.P Lovecraft. We thought that this title was perfect for
the theme of our exhibition, which is about colour, nature and light. All three of
these words link together, and so do the art works we have chosen to exhibit.
Firstly, we went around the Level 5/6 studios to look at the students art work and
we realised that there were recurring themes within the work. For example, there
are a lot of works about space and the nature of space, especially paintings and
sculptural works. We also liked the very colourful works and a lot of them related
back to nature and the experience of nature. There are nine artists who are
involved in our exhibition. All of them have very different types of work, yet they
all reflect similar ideas and can all be linked together. The artists who we are
using work from in our exhibition are; Amber Sims, Hayley Moorman, Jess
Maxfield, Kerry Farrell, Rachel Pilkington, Roman Malinowski, Amber Middleton,
Holly Astbury and Harriet Chandler.
We have are displaying works from nine artists, as we wanted to get a range of
paintings, sculpture and photography. An example of work we are showing is
Hayley Moormans work, a level 6 student who works with sculpture. She uses
expanding foam and paint as materials to create her own imaginary worlds, also
using reflection and experimentation with light to add a fantasy element. Her
work fits so well into our exhibition because it is about the nature of space and
atmosphere.
We want It was the colour out of space exhibition to be interesting for the
audience and we would like to keep it simple so that it is relatable for all
audiences. We have chosen our exhibition to be public viewing during the 3 rd
because we feel that the art works we have chosen can be appreciated by all
audiences. However, there will be a private view taking place on the evening of
the 2nd March (5-7pm). Our theme is simple, yet effective and our title is
descriptive of the works as a whole.