KEMISTRY GALLERY

WEEK 4 DAY 3

The Seymour and Milton Poster exhibition at the Kemistry gallery in Shoreditch was a great place to see find some classic inspiration in the form of fairly retro but often simplistic graphic posters. 

This is possibly my favourite poster where unexpected colours have been used alongside text to create a recognisable form with in my opinion a lot of character.

Some of the colour use was bright and attractive and the background being basic squares was very visually pleasing despite being so simple.

There is a lot going on here but I really like the old style 'entertainment posters' and the inaccurate scale is compelling.

This a section of 8 posters on the wall, many of the posters have been created using different media types. They have a sense of childishness which I find quite intriguing.

Above: a page from one of the comic like books held on the wall of the gallery room. This is a very simple idea yet again but there is a lot to look at and its engaging.

This is another of my favourites, I love how effectively the atmosphere  has been created with smaller scaled weapons attacking the character. It is almost as if they are mental images revealed by the smoke from the cigarette and this would make sense seeing as the character looks a bit paranoid of someone attempting to attack him, perhaps he is a gangster with that coat and hat on? I think a great piece of art should provoke a fascinated response like mine here.

Shoreditch is a very trendy area and Charlotte street which is the same street as the Kemistry gallery holds a range of shops and design offices. This is the windows front of one of the design centres; different hearts with 'love' written in various languages and fonts within the heart.

This was the range of font used on the front door of another design centre. This area provided a lot of inspiration and is definitely currently a major hub for creativity with street art abundant on most streets. I will definitely be visiting Shoreditch again, potentially for the next exhibition at the Kemistry gallery or even just to explore the surrounding area more. I definitely recommend constant visits to gallery's and places where art is on show even if at first sight it may not seem to impressive simply because you will always learn something or look at a particular technique which you could adapt or use in your own work.

 Images: Authors own of posters in Kemstry gallery (Seymour and Milton Poster Show)
 

CHC