Every art piece has a number beside it instead of the artists name making it an exciting rush to scan the exhibit brochure to find out who the artist is, what the piece is called and how much it is. Silent questions include the following: number 52, planned accidents? Number 46, a mess on purpose? £2000, are you mad?
 | | Kok's bewjewelled chair |
Sitting happily in the middle of the room is a wooden chair painted with colourful swirls and splodges. Bejewelled material covers hangs from the thrown of variety. An applique patch reads, "Do I dare disturb the Universe?" Janice Kok's artwork is bright, fun and in-sync with modern culture. Her second exhibit is an enhancement of a musical fairy in a plastic dome- the type you'd find in a young girls pink bedroom. The fairy inside has collapsed and the dome is grubby with the phrase, 'Do I Look Bovvered?' fingered into it. Caroline Mattaei's work is a piece of carved modern art as well. The award winning artist really contributes to the contemporary exhibition. The best thing about the exhibition is the comment book that visitors can scribble in. I flicked through the pages and took delight in reading things like: - "Why? Why? WHY? 46, 69, 70, they are rubbish!"
- "A feast for my eyes! I enjoyed the variety"
- "OMG! That chair is so cute! I want it. You should have a shop and sell things like"
"Interesting, but it's a shame it's not real art", a man reading the same extract says to me, "It's a shame isn't it? If only they knew how much effort and thought went into it" | "A feast for my eyes! I enjoyed the variety" | | An exhibition visitor |
A lot of questions revolve around modern art but I think it's summed up perfectly by a visitor who wrote, "The whole point of art is to express and promote opinion/conversation and they are interpreted by everyone's individualism" So, modern art is effectively a tool used to promote social interaction. I like it. It's modern boldness and presence in society is one that is keeping a tradition alive; conversation and opinion. The exhibition has now ended but you can see some of the artwork that featured in the exhibit in the image gallery below. | 
