Love Exhibition, Colours May Vary

Its great being able to see illustration in the context of a gallery space, curated and displayed in person rather than on a screen or within the pages of a book. 

This exhibition was made up of female illustrators on the topic of Love.

It was beautifully curated, making use of the space , each piece of work sort of flowed into the next, despite the different styles, making it a cohesive and charming exhibition, made the work feel as though it existed as a series rather than just pieces on their own.

 The space at Colours May Vary is small but lovely, makes the work feel special and carefully selected, like a cornucopia of design. nice.

I think work shown as a collective under  a specific brief is a really interesting way to show an exhibition. No limits on materials and process but a set idea makes for personal and varying responses. It felt intimate and thought out.

I find it more comfortable viewing illustrative work in the context of a gallery compared to fine art (sometimes uncomfort is the point of fine art). I think its because I find illustration easier to take in in terms of concepts and context, there's more to get your teeth into and to relate to in terms of my practice. I value and am interested in fine art don't get me wrong but sometimes I can feel a disconnect when viewing it, especially if highly conceptual. Fine art mainly exists in the realms of galleries and open public spaces, but not so much as tangible objects. I'm more interested in creating work than can be held and kept, tactile? Rather than something to exist for a temporary amount of time in a gallery space? I think its harder for illustration to use the space a gallery has to offer in the same way that say sculpture of large scale paintings can, but I like the fact you have to get close to some smaller illustrated pieces, get immersed and get involved into their worlds. 

I find practitioners such as Oliver Jeffers who merge the line between illustrator and fine artist really interesting. For example his dipped paintings where only a select amount of people view the artwork before he dips and covers the majority of the piece in a solid colour of paint. 

make people giggle and put it into milennial pink. a winner

my favourite pieces. Really gotten into using cut paper this year, love the limited colour palette and simple shapes. a joy.

its great to see illustration in the context of textiles. Also really like Lucy Sherston's wall hangings, which actually hung on the window. interesting use of space though as this allowed for the light and traffic to be seen through it