Another day another exhibition - well it is that time of year. Actually I have a connection with this exhibition as it is the final year exhibition of the HNC course at Leicester College that I started but didn't complete - a bit of a pattern forming here I think!
So what was it like? The exhibition itself was at the West End Gallery in Leicester. The room itself was really quite small for the amount of work on display but this was probably the only space available for the price/money available. It became even smaller once all the people turned up and people eventually spilled out into the courtyard next to the gallery.
As usual with these types of exhibitions the work was very variable. This is not a criticism of the work but rather a construct of the programme. There was no one theme, such as say 'Landscape Photography', and so the subject matter was varied. Out of the all the work on display Emma Gould's ' a day at Dingley Races ' was, for me, head and shoulders above anything else exhibited. The piece consisted of a number of photographs mounted in black frames. They were then brought together to form a 1.5 x 1.5 metre square. They were candid black and white portraits of the people and horse racing. The neat arrangement complimented the first rate photographs and you were left with the feeling that you were there.
So an interesting evening and I am sure that all the pepoloe exhibiting would feel proud of the work on display. I know I would have.
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