Erica Chen Arch1201 Design Studio: Art Gallery Week 3

Narrative: An obsessive man with a passion for landscape art hoards his collection in the confines of his gallery. Each one a precious gem, he pawns them to make his living. Bessotted and longing he imitates the art within the depths of his trove.

Concept: My idea is that this art gallery resembles a jeweerlly box to this Art dealer, every art work holding a story and special significance to him. Whether he aquired it on a trip overseas, or the memory of having to adopt a thrift livilihood to finally possess it.

Analogy: to carry this analogy further, just like a jewerllery bow, the art gallery is to have a strong sense of hierarchy, with three different levels displaying items of decending significance to the dealer. There are also various compartments within the gallery for the display of installations, or the hoarding of precious artworks and a workroom for his imitations. A sense of the dealers' personality and character is to be incorporated into the autonomy of the gallery. Perhaps through the unexpected display of habitation in the gallery-an open kitchen or lounge chair that contribute to feelings of domesticity.
Main Artst: Leading Australian Painter Arthur Boyd