Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Interesting place to exhibit
After walking into the Merrion market and being inspired by its other-worldly atmosphere and its ghostly feel I thought that it could be an extremely interesting place to hold an exhibition. When entering you feel as though you have been transported back in time, to a different culture or even to a secret undergone "black market". There are many empty stalls, in all sorts of bright exterior colours, which I believe could be fairly easy to rent and hopefully at a cheap price. I like the idea that holding an exhibition here would force the normal gallery goers out of their comfort zone of the "white cube" and bring them into the everyday life of the outside world. Also it could attract the public simply by catching peoples eyes as they walk past. We could be responsible for making some ones day a lot more interesting through them accidentally coming across some interesting artwork. I really encourage you to go and have a look if you haven't already been! Go to the Merrion market, imagine its the day of an exhibition opening, with lots of people there from different walks of life, some have stumbled upon it and some are invited. I imagine it to be very interesting. I might go and get some pictures to post up on here.
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Hey! I've lived here since I was 15, and opposite the centre entrance there's the "lane" - loads of shop units, many defunct. They are all themed on the exterior as "Tudor". I understand your creepyness view of the market but most of them do trade at some point in the week. I guess, having a private view in the marketspace would be awesome tho. If you want "creepy", there's loads of disused shop units upstairs............ Beth x
ReplyDeleteHey Alex,
ReplyDeleteCheck out the Art Market, it's a stall in the Merrion Market, seems to always be closed when I walk by, so not sure if it's still running, but used to be managed by someone called Sarah Barrett, think she's got a studio at ESA.
Emily x