Not exact matches
For this project we encourage you to consider: how can we
use and encounter art directly, outside of
traditional gallery spaces or studios, as a means to communicate ideas and issues in our everyday lives?
This
gallery space is
used to display a large array of Art works from students, faculty and visiting artist ranging from
traditional 2d paintings and prints to Multi Media interactive installations.
«We were inspired by
galleries that were making creative
use of unconventional
space in cities outside the
traditional «art capitals», such as the recently - closed Appendix
gallery in Portland, as well as Young World in Detroit,» says Clough and Carroll in an email interview with AFC.
Though McGee views graffiti as a vital method of communication, one that keeps him in touch with a larger, more diverse audience than can be reached through the
traditional spaces of
galleries or museums, he makes fine
use of
traditional exhibition
spaces,
using them not only to communicate a subcultural point of view to
gallery goers but also to point out ways in which
space can be reclaimed.