I went to the opening night at the whitworth art gallery for the new exhibition walls are talking which is the first major UK exhibition . They show over 30 artist wallpaper designs including Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol. Most of the wallpaper designs showing touchs upon different issues such as gender, racism, sexuality and conflict. I loved this exhibition as there was such a varity to look at, there was prints, 3d wallpaper that was merging off the wall and moving wallpaper which was done on screens. The wallpaper that was showing at this exhibition isnt the kind of wallpaper you would have in your home thou but something you have to see.
The first room you walk in to is covered in a green wallpaper which is leaves but been manipulated to give them a 3d almost origami feel to it, which to walk in to has a impact. The wallpaper also works well in the room though as there are large windows which open on to the park with trees and also witht the flooring being wood, the room gets a feel to it, i think the wallpaper compliments the room well and thought has been took to what wallpaper went in to the first room youd walk in to.
The wallpaper is grouped around the exhibiton as well around the themes of sexuality, commodification, imprisonment and subversion. Which makes it easier for the audience to know what they are looking at. Also the way the exhibition is layed out is well thought of as its like a snake path meaning you dont miss out on any of the work and all wallpaper compliments each other in very area.
These are My boxs i decided i wanted to use for my final piece in the Containment Project. I wanted to use draws because i like the idea of them having so many uses like using them as a shelf or stacking them up. Although looking at the boxs now they arent exactly visually pleasing and seem cheap. Which by the time im done with them... They should look completely different and a one off piece.
Miles Donovan is a Illustrator based in London and produces commercail work for companys like Elle, Creative Review, Puma and many more. I like a few pieces of work that Miles Donovan has produced, i like the way he overlays images but you can still see the images underneath like a transparency. On this piece of work i like the circles because everythign else seems so transparent and then these are solid shapes, i think this is something i could take forward.
Lisa Milroy is a painter who paints everyday objects. I looked at Lisa Milroys work because i like the idea of using everyday objects but painting, printing or drawing them rather then just collecting. i think i could use this idea well in this container project at some point also because i also like the way she paints them in to a grid so that something i could look in to as well rather then just using a simple plain grid like pattern.
Camilla Diedrich is a Swedish deisgner whos work ranges from wallpaper and lamp shades. most of her work is very minimalistic with very few colours but there are a few wallpaper pieces that uses bold colour, i think her work still links together though as i think it almost has a oriental feel to it. I love the way she uses material, embossing circles and cutting through to get simple but effective designs. Camilla Diedrich has also touched upon the idea of using lighting as well on her wallpaper which gives it a compltely different feel to her work, minimal colours again but still effective. One design that has influenced me the most would be the idea of using a shape and making it look somethign compltely different (first image) when you look at it it looks geometric and very gridded but looking closer it starts to show the pattern of flowers, just from a shape. i really love this idea! 
