Becky Beasley: Ous
The show was a
bit like a visual version of musical variations on a theme. There were six
rooms each exploring aspects of the composition and content of the picture. You
didn’t see the actual picture until the second room and another archive copy of
it appeared later on, upside down.
One room included
lovely textile designs mounted as pictures plus one of them on a chair which
was meant to represent a person who had just left. The designs were simple and
lovely with repeat patterns of everyday objects. I loved the one with watches.
Another room
represented the light coming into the picture through the small window. The
light was represented by a lighter lino on the floor linking the window of the
gallery and a small hole at the bottom on the wall representing the window in
the picture.
This was an
interesting way of deconstructing and analysing a picture and made you look at
more intensely. My thanks to the attendant on duty who gave us some useful
insights into the work.
Closes on 9 July
2017
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