Recently I went to Manchester to explore two art galleries containing ancient and modern art pieces to look into. this trip in my sense was to hopefully discover new artist to influence us in our work. We first visited Manchester Art Gallery; It was fairly large and had tonnes on historical art pieces which were mainly oil painted on canvas. one piece which I loved was a textiles piece by Cherry Ng (who attended college London of fashion). I was suddenly drawn to cherry Ng's piece due to its assassins creed aesthetic. In the description next to the piece it stated that the inspiration for this textiles piece was from war ships featured in the first world war ,as well as the uniforms which women had to wear when working in factories.It also says how cherry likes the dazzle ships due to them representing art and war as an emblem plus the post- war periods were really expressed due to the use of pleats on the outfit as well as the camouflage it creates. the piece was created using latex coated cotton, PVC, leather and metal.the piece was also released this year.

The next gallery we went to was the whitworth Gallery which was my favorite to visit as there was interactive pieces such as distorted mirrors which changed your appearance as well the gallery had an art setup for kids to experiment with art materials. the gift shops had art supplies ,fabric bags, Eco friendly books as well art books for kids to kick off their own creativity. Out of the galleries many pieces my favorite piece was a sculpture created by Shiro Kurumata called 'revolving cabinet' and was created in 1970. The sculpture was made from metacrylate plates and metal.The description next to the piece expressed how Shiro Kurumata as a furniture designer in the 20th century was innovative and influential. It also said how Shiro Kurumata used various plastics and steel mesh to fully create amazing and bold pieces. The piece was actually purchased last year.