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LOST - The Open College of the Arts

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LOST

‘Losing something means that it becomes mis-placed, falls out of sight and is in a sense taken out of the flow of time… lost things may also take on a new significance and even obsession.
For every one artwork that might get shown and written about there is another swathe of robust high quality works that have a different story to tell.’
LOST is an interesting concept and one that has been with me for a few years so I am delighted to finally be getting my ideas out and into public view.
There is some amazing work being shown that has vitality and authority as precursors to working today, some of the works are quite audacious and some more reticent but all have a story and a history of making to tell.
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Michele Whiting invites students to a unique opportunity on the 25 September at the Salisbury Arts Centre.
Michele will give a substantial talk about the curatorial aspects of the show, LOST, the research behind it and the artists to accompany a guided tour.
She will to build into the day discussion time for improving constructive criticism and objectivity  along with some theory about movements etc in art in the 20th century.
The works include;painting, sculpture, photography,performance,drawing and they are all pre-cursors for how and why we are working now.

To book your place email enquiries@oca-uk.com

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Posted by author: Michele Whiting

2 thoughts on “LOST

  • This sounds like a very good theme for an exhibition. A simple word like ‘lost’ has so many connotations and means different things for different people. (In Drawing 1, it is all to do with edges!) I often hear myself saying, ‘I haven’t lost it. I have just misplaced it.’ Lost for me means gone for good. Finding something considered lost is a cause for celebration. Finding something misplaced is just a matter of time. Time? Now, there’s something which, once lost, can never be regained.

  • How can it an exhibition claim to genuinely tell a story of missed artworks and an alternative art history, when it nowhere (i have looked extensively) list the names of participating artists?

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