Stephanie Spence Exhibition

Parallel Lines

The Old School Gallery

11th July-6th Aug 2015

Although this exhibition has finished, I though it was worth a late `blogging`!

And this is because of my own preconceived ideas about the setting 

in which such an exhibition should be placed or perhaps shouldn't`?

The Old School Gallery (as the name suggests) is housed in a traditional Orkney building with stone walls, low ceilings and exposed beams and I thought Stephs clean, modern architectural paintings  would sit awkwardly inside such a space! I`m delighted to say `how wrong one can be` and that the contrast between them actually complimented the pieces and brought the viewer closer to the works!

The paintings work well against the `textures` of the old building.

I love the way the colours `pop` out at you but notice how the shapes and lines explored in the paintings are
 not that different from the shapes and lines inside the building ie beams, stonework, walls?

 

This was a really clever idea a `play trough` full of Lego ! It not only kept Thorfinn amused while
 I got time to enjoy the works but it was a humorous reflection of the exhibition!