Overview of London Trip to the West End Galleries

On the 11th of March we took a coach to the west end in London to visit galleries of which we had two arranged by tutors at the Photographers Gallery and another at the Gagosian gallery to finish the day off. These planned out ones were helpful as we had speakers come and tell us about the work and the gallery which is not available with a normal viewing. Having a speaker allowed me to get a better insight on what the work is about which you cant always tell just from looking but more importantly it gave me a good idea on how a gallery is run.

Layout of Blain Southern Gallery with Matt Collishaw Exhibtion- This is not an exit)

We started at the Photographers gallery in which we had a talk which really helped me get a good insight bout how galleries are run and I liked that this gallery was more about the work getting known the commissions. We then had some time to view galleries alone which was helpful as I could see galleries that were more interesting to me an individual. During the spare time with a small group of others we headed to White Cube but that was closed due to it being a Monday so we then made our way to Blain Southern gallery that had the work of Matt Collishaw on display. This gallery was quite small but used the space well and made it look very spacious  We then headed up to the Gagosian gallery were we had to meet for the arranged talk but with some half an hour to spare we decided to see what was a bit further up the road and came across another gallery called Gimpel Fils Limited. After having a talk in the Gagosian about the work of Taryn Simon we headed back towards the meeting place to some galleries we spotted on the way up and went to Studio Voltaire and Simon Lee Gallery.

Sources:

http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/

http://whitecube.com/

http://www.blainsouthern.com/exhibitions/2013/mat-collishaw-this-is-not-an-exit

http://www.gimpelfils.com/exhib_popup.php?exhib_id=124

http://www.blainsouthern.com/exhibitions/2013/mat-collishaw-this-is-not-an-exit

http://www.studiovoltaire.org/home.htm

http://www.simonleegallery.com/artists/jim_shaw/exhibitions/2013_02/press_release.html