EXHIBITION DRIVEN ARTWORK
3. Exhibitions in Major Galleries
Exhibitions influence in a variety of ways
They often come with size and form restrictions because of wall sizes, transport and hanging considerations.
You may be working with another artist and therefore have to consider size, colours etc so that curating is not a nightmare.
They must have a purpose and the type of purpose that is likely to be accepted has to be in keeping with the current trend in exhibitions in major galleries.
Exhibition Proposals for major galleries require the artist to provide a format, theme, media, sizes etc of the intended exhibition at least 2 years out from the actual exhibition.
The direction that your exhibition takes is often manipulated by the curators, after you have been accepted.
To submit the proposal you need artworks that demonstrate what will be included in your exhibition. If accepted you are locked into the brief with ongoing mentoring by the curator.
You need to be able to sustain this brief for the next 18months and provide more than enough works for them to curate the exhibition to meet the brief that has already been published.
Exhibiting is collaboration between you, the curator and your framer if you use one.
This of course means that other ideas and tangents that come into your head have to be put on the back-burner (in your journal) until the exhibition is over. It also means that artworks for your exhibition are not for publication or sale before the opening.
And it limits your agent to what they can source from you for their contracts from corporate clients.
The Exhibition ‘Three Storylines’ at Benalla Art Gallery in 2018
Modification of the format/ layout of the ‘Five Journeys’ due to wall height at gallery, consideration of others and transport limitations. Change in hanging order from artist to curator.
Exhibitions influence in a variety of ways
They often come with size and form restrictions because of wall sizes, transport and hanging considerations.
You may be working with another artist and therefore have to consider size, colours etc so that curating is not a nightmare.
They must have a purpose and the type of purpose that is likely to be accepted has to be in keeping with the current trend in exhibitions in major galleries.
Exhibition Proposals for major galleries require the artist to provide a format, theme, media, sizes etc of the intended exhibition at least 2 years out from the actual exhibition.
The direction that your exhibition takes is often manipulated by the curators, after you have been accepted.
To submit the proposal you need artworks that demonstrate what will be included in your exhibition. If accepted you are locked into the brief with ongoing mentoring by the curator.
You need to be able to sustain this brief for the next 18months and provide more than enough works for them to curate the exhibition to meet the brief that has already been published.
Exhibiting is collaboration between you, the curator and your framer if you use one.
This of course means that other ideas and tangents that come into your head have to be put on the back-burner (in your journal) until the exhibition is over. It also means that artworks for your exhibition are not for publication or sale before the opening.
And it limits your agent to what they can source from you for their contracts from corporate clients.
The Exhibition ‘Three Storylines’ at Benalla Art Gallery in 2018
Modification of the format/ layout of the ‘Five Journeys’ due to wall height at gallery, consideration of others and transport limitations. Change in hanging order from artist to curator.
