Summer Group Show Recap
Notes from installing my work in this summer's group show — and what I learned seeing it on a wall with other artists.
This summer I had work in a group show, and installing it taught me more than making it did.
Seeing my pieces on a gallery wall — hung at a height someone else chose, lit by lights I didn't control, sitting next to work by artists I'd never met — changed how I understand them. Pieces that felt finished in my room suddenly looked like they were still talking to each other.
A few things I'm taking back to the studio:
- Scale reads completely differently on a clean white wall than it does surrounded by clutter.
- People spend longer with a piece when there's a small, strange detail to find — the mirrored paper did that work.
- The best conversations I had all weekend were with the other artists in the show. Seeing how they solved problems I'm still stuck on was the real prize.
More shows soon, I hope.
