Understanding the Art Museum questions, Flora Hammond

Flora Hammond

ARTZ406, Gallery Practices

Leanne Gilbertson

Chapter 4

            Provenance were the records of an artist's work that identify with that artist. The earlier time period the artist lived, though, the harder it was to keep a consistent history of ownership. Our society values such provenance because of it's intrinsic and extrinsic nature. An example of this would be Leonardo DaVinci's paintings; because of his legendary style and talent for art, his legitimate work would bring in a great amount of admiration and, of course, money. This shift for legitimacy grew popular after WWII in responses to the many artworks stolen and sold to dealers.  

Chapter 9
            
            When Duchamp first exhibited Fountain, he wanted to make challenge what could be beautiful and artistic. If I was on the committee at that time and make a decision about whether it should be put in a museum or not, I'd be torn. On the one hand, by challenging what is art or what is beautiful could inspire other artists to push the boundaries of those natures. On the other, just because something is in a museum and inside a glass case does not make it art in my opinion. 

Press Release for Exhibition exercise, Flora Hammond

Flora Hammond
ARTZ406, Gallery Practices
Leanne Gilberston
Gallery Press Release Exercise
February 27, 2015

                                                                                                                 Gallery Press Release Exercise

For Immediate Release: March 10th of 2015
MSU Billings Northcutt Steele Gallery Presents Here Be Dragons by Flora Hammond, March 15th-March 30th, Billings, MT

In Here Be Dragons, resident student artist Flora Hammond explores the fantasy and concept of the mythical dragon by protraying them not as fire-breathing monsters, but as sensitive and humble creatures of nature. Her work includes pencil drawings and colorful prints of dragons. The exhibition will be open to the public on the 10th of March at 5:00 pm following a reception. The Northcutt Steele Gallery is open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm all week excluding Sunday.

Flora Hammond is a student working on her BA in graphic design and drawing. One of her works, Sacred Temple, was exhibited about a year ago in the Northcutt Steele Gallery as part of the Juried Student Showcase.

Hammond's Student Gallery presents her dragon art in calm and peaceful settings, focusing on the fantasized creature and it's natural surroundings. They are also put into light-hearted and fun situations not typical of today's modern representations of a frightful beast. Hammond displays the hidden tenderness and consciousness within dragons in such a manner that one almost forgets that it does not exist.

Exhibition Call, Flora Hammond

Flora Hammond
ARTZ406, Gallery Practices
Leanne Gilbertson
Exhibition Call Exercise
February 20, 2015

                                                       Northcutt Steele Gallery Exhibition Call



    Northcutt Steele Gallery Self-Portrait Exhibition

    What's it about: The Northcutt Steele Gallery is excited to host another self-portrait exhibition of the year. This fall, the gallery juror, Professor Leanne Gilbertson, will be selecting 10 works by varies artists from around the state to exhibit in the gallery. Both the gallery and online exhibitions will be promoted and artists' work will be shown.

     Dates: October 10th through November 5th
     Deadline for Submission: August 3rd
     Delivery: All works are to be recieved by August 10th
  
      Letter of Acceptence/Decline: A list of accepted artists will be posted on the website no later than August 15th and an email will be sent to said artists about their acceptance/decline into the exhibition.
   
       Eligibility: All artists are to be at or above age 18. All work is to be original and not previously exhibited at the Northcutt Steele Gallery. All media will be considered and can be representational, abstract, conceptual, etc.
  
       Size Restrictions: Work cannot exceed 8 feet in height or 3 feet by diameter, including frame. Please measure your work before submitting. 

       Submission Fee: 20$ non-refundable fee is required and each artist can submit up to 3 works for consideration

    Awards:

    Website
    http://northcuttsteelegallery.com

Research into Kiki Smith's art gallery installation, Flora Hammond

Flora Hammond

ARTZ409, Gallery Practices

Leanne Gilbertson

February 13, 2015

Kiki Smith gallery installations

            After some research into Kiki Smith's gallery exhibitions, I have seen how her works interact with the space around it. Many of her pieces are almost directly intergrated into the wall or floor, for example, and appear to part of the work.

 

            In this photograph of one of Smith's pieces we see that the sculpture is filling the space with chains and metal, with the middle being in a chaotic pile.

  

This piece is directly filling up this corner. It 'pushes' against the two walls more and more as it gets closer and closer to the corner.

 

There is random spacing in this piece, giving it an almost organic look despite the materials being inorganic.

Placement Excercise at Montana Depot, Flora Hammond

Flora Hammond

ARTZ406, Gallery Practices

Leanne Gilbertson

February 6, 2015

Place Exercise at the Montana Depot

 Compositional Direction:

            There are many works in the Depot that have strong compositional direction such as the large wooden sculpture in front of the back window, some of the large framed pictures that surround it and the two ceramic works. The exhibition design will have the middle pieces in the back of the room and the left and right pieces producing a curving line with their placement as the best accommodation for the auction. Some pictures could be hung side by side, but only if they had the same characteristics. There doesn't appear to be a need for a stopper work.

Subject Matter:

            Some of the works made by different artists have a strong relationship in subject matter while others are as different as night and day. Perhaps the best way to handle such relationships and contrasts would be to place them in groups.

Impact Interest:

            The wood sculpture and contour legs might cause a decrease of interest. Perhaps by placing the sculpture in the middle in front of the large window in the back of the room would put it into focus more easily. As for the drawing, it could be surrounded by more stimulating artwork to have it stand out.

Visual Weight:

            Some of the paintings, like those depicting a multitude of colors, have strong visual weight. The contour legs and the ceramics, however, have very little visual weight because of their almost flat appearance and dull colors. The works with the strongest visual weight may need to be placed surrounding the works with the weakest visual weight because then the attention brought on by the strong visual weights will next shift to the next weakest visual weight.

Color:

            Many of the paintings and ceramics have a dramatic use of color while other pieces, such as the black and white photographs and the contour legs lack colors altogether. Perhaps the best way to balance out the lack of color and dramatic color would be to surround the works lacking color with works with dramatic uses of color.

Visual Mass and Spacing:
            
            A good floor plan, I believe, for this art auction is to take everything that has been discussed before and place said objects in the best location.