Make it Work!

Today was straight out of Project Runway. Olga and Yana decided to put together an art show in the gallery space at Smolny, and they decided to do it all in one day. The class that I'm auditing, "The Contemporary Exhibit," gives us each a chance to curate a show in the Open Studio based around one of the strategies discussed in conference. Last week Olga and Yana gave us the requirements for the project, but everything came together today. The concept behind the show is "site specific work relating to the gallery space". All of us participating student artists showed up in the morning, presented our ideas, snagged a piece of wall, and went to work. The idea behind the project was inspired by the show "Rooms" at P.S. curated by Alanna Heiss.

I've posted a few pictures of my piece, you can see the rest of the works on my flickr page here.

The collage:

Close up views:

The gallery space feels more like a hallway- it mostly gets used as a way to get from the main building to the library. I wanted to replicate this idea of people walking through the space without paying attention to it. The figures are all drawn on translucent paper and none of them are facing the viewer.

The show came together and looks great, and best of all, no one was "auf'd"!