Although not particularly relevent to my themes and ideas for this piece, i was very interested by the uneasy feel i receieved when visiting the Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men exhibition. As well as being visually inspiring, the sequence of the pieces flowed into a story, i was encaptured by the information and history being fed to me and this made a subject i haven't ever really shown interest in come to life. I took more from the atmosphere and presentation of each piece. Each one had a story to tell and this is something i will take on board for how to grip and entice with my pieces for my project.
The Wellcome Institute, Euston
At The Wellcome Insitute, i visited two exhibitions. One being 'Death: A self-portrait,' the other permanent collection 'Medicine Man'. Again, these works were not very relevant to my project themes so i took influence and interest from the many types of media and the form the artists used to create works. In particular, Dana Salvo's collection of chromogenic prints i found visually stunning. This is something i would like to research within materials and processes, because it looked very clean compared to some of the work i have previously produced and this is something i always strive to achieve.
This is a photograph of one of the prints from the series, 'The Day, the night and the Dead' (1990-2004)(courtesy Clark Gallery).The collection explores the ancient mexican celebration of the day of the dead. They include 'altars' which are known as offerings to spirits of those who have departed. They include photographs of those deceased, along with a persons personal items and favourite foods or drinks. This may relate in some ways to my project as these factors can combine to create an idea of personality through symbolism. Marigolds are believed to lead the dead to the altar through their strong colour and scent.
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