For our art trip, we went to Central London and visited several art museums, galleries, and libraries. These included the Wellcome Collection, the British Library, and lots of smaller exhibitions along Cork Street [which is known for its collection of seasonal galleries]. This trip was very useful for developing and adding to our Unit 1 Portfolios in A-Level Art Craft and Design and Graphic design. 

On Cork Street, we visited The Redfern Gallery, The Flowers Gallery, Waddington Custot, and The Frieze. These galleries have lots of paintings, drawings, sculptures, clothing, photographs, and installations of different sizes and colours that related to a wide variety of themes, including identity, anatomy, nature, architecture, emotions, and memories. This allowed me to take a lot of primary photographs of all types of artwork that will be essential for me for inspiration and development to make a strong unit 1 book and final piece. 

At the Wellcome Collection, there were a large range of exhibitions on different topics and their links to art. We visited an exhibition titled “Thirst: In Search of Freshwater” that was all about the importance of water to humans and how humanity can work together to end the mismanagement of it. In the exhibition, I saw lots of installations of sculptures, paintings, and photo-shoots of artwork relating to the importance of water to humans. 

In the British Library, we came across a wide range of books and exhibitions relating to our respective art themes. This was useful for being able to do wider reading around art and with gaining a better understanding of our art themes. 

Overall, I found the trip very enjoyable as we got to look at lots of artwork in person and it was also extremely useful for collecting primary photographs for future drawing references and for general inspiration for art. 

Kabir Toor [12E]