Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is the largest open contemporary art exhibition in the world, showing a mixture of work in different mediums by new and established artists. Innovation News stopped by on the last weekend of the 2015 show to see what caught our eye. In addition to being a fantastic place to introduce yourself to the work of new and established artists. By visiting the summer exhibition, and possibly investing in a piece or two, visitors help to raise funds for the Royal Academy schools and ensure that the tuition remains free. Each year the summer exhibition is curated by a group of Royal Academicians, this year the exhibition co-ordinator was Michael Craig-Martin RA. Bringing his extensive knowledge of colour to the halls of the royal academy. The walls of the three main galleries were painted with bright hues, creating a visual break from the sheer number of pieces on display, as well as providing visual sign posts, enabling the wandering visitor to immediately gage if they had been in that room before. As is tradition at the summer exhibition works flowed through and out of the halls. The first introduction to the show is the large sculptural installation The Dappled Light Of The Sun by Conrad Shawcross RA, dominating the main courtyard and creating an interesting juxtaposition to the classical architecture. At the entrance to the building, Zobop by Jim Lambie, a vibrant interaction with the environment, lead visitors up the stairs and to the entrance of the main galleries. The interior layout was slightly different than in previous years. Some of the rooms having been rearranged, the print spaces seemed to have a higher billing this time. The layout on the [...]