Hans-Peter Feldman Exhibition

Yesterday I went to the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol, I saw an exhibition of work by Hans-Peter Feldman.
On the wall in the gallery his work was described as a 'light-hearted celebration of the everyday. Much of his work concerns itself with collecting, a pastime that has been his passion since childhood in the 1940's; from tin toys to mechanical antiques, postcards to thimbles.' (Arnolfini Gallery 2007)

The first thing I encountered was a darkened room with a collection of everyday objects rotating on a series of carousels, there was a light shining on these objects, with ever-moving, flickering shadows projected from them onto the wall behind - like a phantasmagoria show (the top image is my photograph of this space in the exhibtion). In another space in the gallery (second image from top) there was a series of glass cabinets containing collections of objects, presented like museum specimens. The objects in the cabinet were all of a similar size, and all seemed to be functional objects, although some seemed old, perhaps out of date - not the kinds of things that would be in common use now. Being placed in a glass case removes them from their everyday context, they can no longer be used or touched, instead becoming curiosities, exotic objects. I felt curious about how these objects were linked, why they were grouped together, did they embody any personal significance, what was their history?

I have also uploaded two of my line drawings from the exhibition (see two bottom images).