With a Jackson Pollock exhibition underway, there was ample opportunity for merchandising. This obviously ties-in nicely with my current CoP research. Pollock prepared a selection of his pieces to be mechanically reproduced, in-fact there were examples of his silk-screen prints in the exhibition.
So superficially it may seem peculiar to constrain artwork that was so immediate the context of a t-shirt or tote bag etc, it was actually something Pollock had investigated throughout his career.
As we were in close proximity, we also visited Gormley's 'Another Place', which are pretty darn spooky. They reminded me somewhat of the Easter Island statues, all facing out to the sea... seemingly waiting for something to emerge. The figures closer to the sea were heavily encrusted with various barnacles and other such growths making them seem far more ancient or eldritch.
The beach had an eerie atmosphere, monoliths of industry loomed in all directions such as the miles of wind farms out at sea, and great big machinery of the dockyards.
It was a bit apocalyptic-looking, especially in places where the dunes had consumed the seafront.
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