tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post4872645878109561732..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Review: Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2011Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-3369316321598410582011-10-10T14:21:35.586+00:002011-10-10T14:21:35.586+00:00This is a really good review - thank you. I visite...This is a really good review - thank you. I visited the exhibition on Saturday and was extremely disappointed. I left with an overall impression of poorly executed grunge. Personally, I think the digital images elevate the standard. In the flesh, it just felt a bit 'End of Year Show'. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that if you're not advertised as an exhibition of the very best in 'Representational Art'.<br /><br />Within my very generalised opinion, and upon reflection, there were a few pieces that I did like: namely Simon Wright's 'Glider', Peter Marsh's 'Untitled', and Peter Wylie's 'Goldfinger Seven'. I could see skill involved in the creation of each of these pieces, with the artists making purposeful decisions about composition and technique. In too many cases it just felt that the artist had a concept but no facility to translate it.<br /><br />I don't want to sound pedestrian in my taste, because although I enjoy the challenge of working within a fairly traditional representational style myself, I have a very broad aesthetic in terms of the art (and design) that I enjoy looking at and collecting. I just don't see how this exhibition progressed Representational Art either conceptually or technically.Helen Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132763512056759608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-59124041765752908612011-10-04T10:47:19.081+00:002011-10-04T10:47:19.081+00:00Thanks for posting this review, it explains a lot....Thanks for posting this review, it explains a lot. I have to say I was a bit perplexed as to what had happened to the standard of the selected work when I visited the exhibition on Saturday. I hope this is just a blip, over the last few years the Threadneedle has built a reputation for showcasing some very strong work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-42537402675773480662011-09-24T16:51:27.147+00:002011-09-24T16:51:27.147+00:00I liked Everything in its Right Place by Sarah R K...I liked Everything in its Right Place by Sarah R Key - more on a second look - but could find little else of interest. Some pictures, like the white burka, evince a squeak of meaning and then you're just left with a dreary surface. It's no wonder Saatchi is as famous for selling his pictures as buying them; who would want to look at this when the meaning has gone? This is a truly dismal display of conceptual painting, the more so for the way it has hijacked what promised to be the best of figurative art being produced today. It's odd though that the show is run by the Mall Galleries, which are owned by the Federation of British Artists, hardly a bastion of conceptual art.Robert Cunnewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203271092337592485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-78496948572176694742011-09-24T13:32:26.865+00:002011-09-24T13:32:26.865+00:00I agree with Jana. this is not an exhibition of th...I agree with Jana. this is not an exhibition of the best of representational art....it is like a gallery show of conceptual pieces. Nothing wrong with it, but I could have not bothered entering.....Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305269093118541197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-14564469302179374272011-09-23T07:29:23.201+00:002011-09-23T07:29:23.201+00:00Can I suggest others also take a look at the work ...Can I suggest others also take a look at the work and see if they agree with Jana.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-30340566381980917332011-09-23T01:10:11.675+00:002011-09-23T01:10:11.675+00:00I looked at the images online of the included work...I looked at the images online of the included work and all I can say is "REALLY?!!" So many of the pieces look amateurish or simply bad. It seems like intellectual concept has become more important than execution or visual presentation. But shouldn't visual art impact the viewer because of what is seen, without having to first read or hear a lengthy description of the concept behind it? Seeing this work makes me think I shouldn't be so hard on myself when I turn out crappy paintings--they could be prize winners!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com