We went to the Marianne Springham opening on 5th March 2009, arrived quite late so there wasn’t much wine left which was a bit of a shame, there were grapes and some other weird nibbly things available which is always a winner. This was a lot different from the last exhibition, the audience was a lot more community and family orientated, there were lots of children running around and lego put out for them. Also, being an Artsmix thing the staff were very friendly and chatted with us about who they are and what they do, they let us know about some more events they’re hosting which was nice.
Marianne Springham was the winner of the 2007 Artsmix emerging artist award, I think having her own exhibition was part of the prize. Her work is a lot different to the stuff I usually look at, it was quite refreshing to see someone who clearly just has a passion for creating, with the sole intention to make people smile. Since I started this course I have been exposed to so much heavily conceptual, deep and meaningful and confusing art that makes my brain hurt, I have become accustomed to trying to overanalyse everything and put everything into consideration, I think in conceptual art there is a need to put reason and meaning behind everything. Marianne’s work is really personal; she draws whatever pops into her head so it is quirky and eclectic. She creates strange paraphernalia such as soft sculptures of peculiar characters which she takes out and about, placing them in different situations for her own amusement, found objects which she changes and incorporates her designs upon, screen prints and wall pieces.
The exhibition was pretty much set out like one of those posh arty shops, as her work is highly commercial, the wall pieces would be something decorative to put in your bedroom and could be made into posters or greetings cards, the soft sculptures could be something to give to someone as a gift, so I think they set it out like this to encourage people to buy the pieces I don’t think they considered the placements of the works, just what fits where and if it looks alright without looking too cluttered. There were some pieces in cases, some of her “found objects” which she has printed her designs on, but others were simply placed on the sides. I’m not sure why they had done this maybe to make it look more like an exhibition and not just a posh arty shop?
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