Newtown(ish) Galleries

Looking in the area of the project, Newtown and close by suburbs; the formula of the galleries are the same. Rather small rooms with shop-like fronts, with most of them having a cutrain wall to intrigue passer-bys to come in and inspect/appreciate/check-out the artworks.

The Brett Whiteley Gallery also includes a studio work space which is helpful in this project.

Project Three: Art Gallery and Shop/House

Looking at the project brief, the gallery space we are to be working in is rather small. Before we proceed in designs, here are some precedents of small gallery design. They vary in locations: The Art Gallery of Ontario, Agathon gallery, Angela Li Contemporary Gallery, Artspace Gallery, Breathing Colours Gallery, Hayashi Gallery, McCreary Modern Art Gallery, Orlando Art Gallery and Skylark Fine Art Gallery.

The Rose

Like the desert rose of an exotic land, her posture tall and delicate.
Her small, curvaceous form longing for attention and affection lingers.

Concept design for the rose, beginning with an outline of an open rose, to a more defined room shape and finally the developed concept. The reason why the rose was initially chosen was because roses have connotations to romance and having those underlying feelings of tension were overwhelming in Hopper's painting.

The follow are the sheets I pinned up for the studio presentation:

I did not lavish the floor with plan with furniture or any other household items, merely just the bed. This way, it makes a direct message to viewers of what kind of room this project is.

This is a little something I threw together to show you guys the model.

Overall, I am quite pleased with the way my narrative turned out. From a shaky start with rigid components to a delicate and voluptuous shaped space, it really developed. Although I definitly agree, the roof structure should have been more sophisticated, the circles of the rose had ascending heights as it drew closer towards the center and the roof pieces should have done the same... an ascending roof would have really made this project. Still good though :)

Office at Night

Edward Hopper
Office at Night
1940
Oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 25 inches
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Edward Hopper’s Office at Night, 1940 oil on canvas is a composition of disconcerting issues. Depending on the viewer, the painting can be interpreted as “A power struggle, a political comedy or the build-up to an office romp” or even the paradox between the ‘outstanding and the unnoticed’.

The painting depicts a man and woman (most likely his secretary) working late one night (apparent as the darkness of the night is seen through the window) alone amidst a scene of great tension. The man is sitting at his desk preoccupied in paperwork while ‘a voluptuous secretary’ stands nearby, twisted in a provocative position where much of her ample physique is presented. However due to the vagueness in detail, her eyes could be either fixed on him or, the piece of paper on the ground in-front her blown by the wind. If it is the latter, she may be wondering if her attire permits her to retrieve the paper and furthermore the result of such. The man is seemingly unaware of anything not-on-the-table then again, maybe he isn’t. The artwork itself is rather plain, having little detail or furnishings but it is overrun with elevated tension and isolation.

A small, curvaceous enclosure longing for attention and affection lingers.

Their story:
It's quite simple really, he's a lawyer who is married not only to his wife (obviously) but to his work too. With his extensive hours, he spends a lot of time at the office. His secretary, naturally spends all day sitting opposite him in a relatively small room and not to mention the over-time. As time passes, her affection for him grows though she knows that nothing can happen for just about every reason. Still, she takes solace in believing that 'something could happen', so she dresses two sizes too small and submerges herself in make-up every morning in the hope that one day... he might just notice her.

Generically, the site would be in a city where it is rather cramped but still thriving with important business people. To be specific, let’s say it is in the A Accident Lawyers Office, on the corner of Wall and Beaver Street, New York City. (Not specifically a law building but the location.)

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hopper/ntoffice.jpg.html

some words.

Parti & Poche

Model Images... (hehe, get it?)

Ooo pretty! :)