Last week I went to Glasgow and visited three art galleries, the Lighthouse, Kelvingrove and the GoMA. Throughout the day I walked around Glasgow and came across some interesting street art (shown below). I particularly like the left image because I find the artwork endearing, whereas I find the right piece more intimidating.

Once I got to the Lighthouse I viewed a graphic design exhibit. Throughout the exhibit there were a lot of interesting pieces (shown below). I enjoyed the different perspectives on the issues expressed in the posters.

There was also a room of posters designed by younger designers. The two displayed below caught my attention because of their clever use of word play. Also I liked that younger people were being encouraged to explore their creative side and see what they could come up with.

After the graphic design exhibit I climbed a tall spiral staircase to the tower where we could see all across Glasgow. I was mesmerised by the tower that we walked up to get to the viewpoint. I took the below picture from the top of the staircase looking down to a large blue light that sat at the bottom, in the middle of the spiral.

When I approached the Kelvingrove art gallery I was in awe of the beautiful architecture of the building. The orange colouring makes the building stand out against its background and my eye was drawn to the intricate detail in the brick work.

Inside the Kelvingrove gallery I wandered around the various exhibits there. I was first drawn to the immense size of the organ in the gallery that sits in the centre, this is also a very pretty piece. As well as this, the piece containing multiple hanging heads caught my eye. The coloured lights changed slowly which changed the atmosphere of the piece but what caught my eye the most was the uniqueness of the artwork. The final piece that caught my eye here was a structure made up of different shapes and pieces of different materials. I was drawn in by the textures and forms created within the piece.

Finally I visited the GoMA. In the first exhibit there were two films playing, one was of fairly normal everyday things such as a cat running over a fence. The noise paired with this was neutral and I found this to be fairly dull. In another exhibit was a dark room displaying what seemed to be photographic contact sheets lit up by a light from a light-box beneath them. This was interesting because we were able to view many images across a large surface and also see the thought process of the creator of the imagery. The architecture of the building also interested me. This included the blue/green stained glass window, along with the oval shaped skylight and balconies that had a very pretty effect from the bottom.

All images were taken by myself.