Art Review - Young Person on Bronze Art Award reviews local Exhibition.

ART REVIEW BY HARLEY BURFORD

For my art review I went to an exhibition of photography by the artist Dan Green.

The exhibition was all about footballers getting together from all around the world who are now living in Cardiff, to play Cardiff at Roath Park Rec.

Dan Green was the artist who took the photos and got the team together.

The table football was a fun addition to the exhibition and meant the audience could get involved. It was good as each player was shown with their country’s flag colours, which was a really good idea.

My favourite pieces were the screen prints because you need artistic skill to produce these.  The photos were all very similar and got a bit boring.  I like the screen prints because they used the flags for the background.  I like the effect of the screen-print because it looks old.  It inspired me and I would like to try this myself one day.  They have more of an art effect than the photos that were just realistic shots. 

This was my favourite quote from the exhibition as it is positive.  It sounds like they all get along and it made me have a positive reaction to the exhibitions I am not really a football fan myself, but I was interested in the quotes.

‘Everyone has a good personality and everyone has a smile on their face’

I liked the idea of the footballers being pinned on a map to show where they were from.  I will tell my friends to go along to Roath Rec and play football.  I liked the football signed by all of the players.  The exhibition kept your interest as there were lots of extra things like this added to look at.  The way the exhibition was displayed was great as it was varied. I would recommend this exhibition mainly to people who really like football, but other people might find the idea behind it interesting.  Also, it could get people who are not into football more interested in the sport. I asked my youth worker what she thought of the exhibition and she said

‘It’s very heart-warming that all the people from different countries share the same passion’

Overall I would say the photos were too repetitive at times which made it a not boring, but I think the idea behind it and the fact the people are from all over the world is exciting and it’s a really good project.