Exhibition ideas

I did some research over the weekend trying to examine how I could go about exhibiting my project, as well as looking into how I could approach the difficult concept of using found/appropriated photos in my project, since it has already come with some backlash from people.

I found some references from a few artists who exhibited a little differently. First was a photographer from Hong Kong named JC who exhibited his photos by clipping them onto wires hung throughout the gallery.  Since I'm searching for a different approach to the exhibition process, I really enjoyed looking into his methods.

Becky showed me an artist named Lorna Simpson as well, who incorporates found photos in her works, as well as a collage-d way of exhibiting her works.  1957-2009 is a work I found particularly interesting - Simpson came across a set of old found photos of a model and a man.  She re-created the photos herself, and framed and hung everything together as one. All the photos are small and framed tightly together, inviting the viewers to come in and try to figure out which are the originals and which are the re-creations.

Simpson also exhibited some works that were framed as collages, incorporating found photos in her works, incorporated with ink drawings and plates of brass.

Simpson's ways of working and her exhibitions, as well as her incorporation of found photos in her work is really intriguing.  The appropriated photos make sense in her works.  It's something I can take into consideration when trying to figure out how to play found photos into my work.