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Art Exhibitions Seagull curates and presents art exhibitions, but it functions differently
from a commercial gallery in important ways. Firstly, profit is not a
consideration. Several exhibitions
break even, others do not, yet others make money for the Seagull
Foundation: any profits generated from one exhibition help support the next.
This allows Seagull the flexibility to approach exhibitions
differently. In certain cases, Seagull has mounted major retrospectives by
senior artists in which no works have been for sale. In others, Seagull
has chosen to focus on a so-called 'non-saleable' aspect or area of an
artist's work, which commercial galleries are reluctant to exhibit.
Seagull chooses to present an artist's work only if it is
convinced that it can intervene qualitatively and make a positive difference
to the aesthetics of the exhibition in some way. Decisions of an artistic
nature are left to the artist, or worked out together with the artist. The
artist is allowed total freedom. The entire undertaking is seen as a
partnership. Care is taken over the aesthetics, such as the exhibition design,
invitation card, catalogue or brochure, and display. These are the inputs
that Seagull sees as its contribution.
ARTISTS WE HAVE WORKED WITH:
Somnath Hore, |
