This exhibition came as a bit of a surprise - Featured in the Guardian's Guide this weekend, it seemed of interest to my darker side.
The surprising bit is, I found myself choosing to go to Hull.
The Ferens gallery found itself plonked in the centre of a dingy city, surrounded by unpleasant looking commercial complexes. It was an interesting breeze through an, on first appearances, dull city that actually on further adventures turned into a little goldmine of brilliant finds.
The exhibition itself was small, but the variety of exhibits was brilliant. From installation to film and photography, a particular favourite of mine came in the images seen above. Mythical creatures, or the stuff of nightmares, made real in Danny Treacy's series of photographs, named Them.
I won't go into too much detail about each of the artists' work, but each piece unnerved in it's own way, from a video narration of a man's experiences of late night homosexuality, to sculptural representations of the monsters we build of ourselves.
I would recommend this highly, especially because it's free, and it might just save your life on a rainy day in Hull.
Also because if you look hard enough you'll find this:
The surprising bit is, I found myself choosing to go to Hull.
The Ferens gallery found itself plonked in the centre of a dingy city, surrounded by unpleasant looking commercial complexes. It was an interesting breeze through an, on first appearances, dull city that actually on further adventures turned into a little goldmine of brilliant finds.
The exhibition itself was small, but the variety of exhibits was brilliant. From installation to film and photography, a particular favourite of mine came in the images seen above. Mythical creatures, or the stuff of nightmares, made real in Danny Treacy's series of photographs, named Them.
I won't go into too much detail about each of the artists' work, but each piece unnerved in it's own way, from a video narration of a man's experiences of late night homosexuality, to sculptural representations of the monsters we build of ourselves.
I would recommend this highly, especially because it's free, and it might just save your life on a rainy day in Hull.
Also because if you look hard enough you'll find this:
Which is the most terrifying thing there, and it wasn't even part of the exhibition. It was on the children's art wall, and probably says more about our society than anything I've ever seen.
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