Kaleidoscope Art Exhibition

At the weekend, I visited the Kaleidoscope Art Exhibition at the Warwick Arts centre (outside of uni) which was about colour and sequence in 1960's British art. The collection brought together lots of abstract pieces that were both colourful and experimental in their composition. I liked the way some of the illusion pieces made your focus change, and then some just made you question literally what they were based on or meant to be.

I will attach some of the photos I managed to take below (some of the pieces prohibited photography so couldn't be photographed for the blog)

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I really liked looking at the pieces and enjoyed the different shapes they were - as some were paintings of different geometric shapes or curvy shapes, and some were literal sculptures that were different shapes from one another. Some sculptures were big and could be walked through and some were small, and could just be walked around. Some of the 2D paintings were interesting as they appeared to be 3D, and some made your focus go fuzzy as they were an optical illusion. Standing and looking at them for some time was fun as how it looked began to change.

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While I was at the Warwick Art Centre I also looked around and found a slogan in the entrance to the theatres that I thought was quite interesting. The slogan is "Everything is real

There is no audience"

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The aesthetic of the slogan is lovely, with cogs in the background and then a 'double' on the letters. It is so big and catches everyones attention as they come through to the theatres. The design is really aesthetically pleasing and is effective for its purpose. I think it is really intriguing.

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While in the gallery, we also got given a postcard from a previous exhibition for free. We picked these postcards because they're nice to look at, and the pieces fit the purpose of a postcard. This is something I will send to a family member telling them about the event.

Overall, the day was fun. The exhibition was really interesting and looking round the rest of the Arts Centre was good too. It helped me to be curious and also made me think about how I can use abstract designs in my uni work.

Thanks for reading,

Katie Xx