During our know how week I decided to visit the Whitworth Art Gallery to explore the Dark Matters exhibition, which unexpectedly turned out to be a most useful starting point for my new project. The exhibition had a repapering contrast of a dark and sinister mood, battling against one of beauty and innocent s.
The "Still Life No.1" piece shown here, by Brass Art is a prime example as the ghostly shadows of beautiful glass sculptures are reflected onto the walls of a darken gallery space.
Another piece that caught my interest was Barnby Hosking’s “Thoughts”, composing of brass butterflies. The wings of the butterflies consist of a reflective top surface against a darkened bottom surface and are intended to reflect the contrast of both the positive and negative elements of thoughts.
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