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Art
Exhibitions
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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. |
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Some recent exhibitions >>>
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