Manchester Art Gallery

Similarly to the Dark matters exhibition, the interactive section on the 1st floor always attracts me. Reading the small tags left on the suitcases cn be really touching, but also is a shcking reminder for me of just how many children were evacuated.

Also on the 1st floor, the work of Adolphe Valette, especially Hanson Cab at All Saints 1910. I feel a strong connection to this image as I see this view over the park every day. It is an interesting idea to mirror the two different times and relate similiarties and differences and maybe merge them together.

The mixed media used in Built up Coast 1960, Peter Lanyon is inspirational to me beceause it was a way I always used to work, but haven't done since starting my degree. The layering of different materials to build up a beautiful surface is something I want to bring back into future work.

Manchester Craft Centre

I am attracted to the idea of a community of artists with small shops and workshops all crammed together into a warehouse. Each shop seems to look after others whilst they are busy, and all the artists are eager to talk.

Lilly Greenwood

The vibracny of this work really excites me, and the way inwhich she the work is able to transcend into different outcomes such as cards and keyrings.

Cornerhouse

Rashid Rana

The idea of internal conflict which is translated through mirror images and symmetrical grids. It isn't a type of art I would ever consider, but I like how some pieces are pixilated and others seem pixilated but when lookd at closely are made up from other images.

 These include Winter Fuel - John Everette Millais 1873, a picture created with the same photo tessalated in different brightnesses to create a larger picture of the same place.

Whitworth Art Gallery

Dark Matters


I like how interative a lot of the pieces are such as Daniel Rozin 2006, Snow Mirror which allows the audience to become a part of the work by standing infront a screen and having the snow shapes create your outline.

Also the work of Elin O'Hara Slavick. This takes the audience by surprise after a such fun and interactive, with images of items such as flowers after the atomic bomb. The ghostly white imprint left on a blue background reminds us of things missing, and the idea of something being obliterated without any choice.

Costume Gallery

It is set out in the easiest way to find the era most interested in and there is an interesting mix of modern installation work and ancient wearables. It is also a great source for Victorian lace.