The Foyer

I have always considered my part time work in Aberdeen very separate to my Uni work. I have been working at The Foyer Restaurant and Gallery for several months now, seen many exhibitions go by and never realised that it is completely relevant to my studies! Maybe the previous exhibitions, although always very good, were not my cup of tea. However, the current exhibition and the one previous to it I have enjoyed working along side so I thought I had better start making a note of them.

Currently running is an exhibition by Donna Briggs.

I was so excited when I walked into the restaurant for my shift and saw this exhibition. It is so different from the previous shows. The work displayed is like lots of old scrap books that are almost 3D but also very delicate and fragile. Most of which are encased in an open wooden box. Some are quite graphic and like something out of an old medicinal book. But others are dainty and antique looking. I am a little worried that I will go around the back of a table to clear some plates and completely knock one of the pieces off the wall - my wage for the year would be going into someone else's hands if that happened!


The exhibition that was on the walls over the Christmas period was 'Altitude' by Anne Moore.

This image does not give the paintings justice. Although they were relatively small squares of canvas they were beautiful paintings. If I could have afforded one I would have real difficulty choosing one because they were all so good! Each one seemed simple yet detailed. And being Christmas, surrounded in snow whilst working on a snowy project in the uni studio, the paintings just completed the story.