This exhibition was by the artist Jim Lambie at the fruitmarket in Edinburgh. Jim Lambie is heavily influenced by music and is a firm believer in utilising your surroundings as an artist, in other words there is no excuse to not keep creating, as his mask made out of a par of boxer shorts and duct tape demonstrates. Initially when i walked into the first room of the gallery, i was instantly won over, however i cant say it was on a conceptual artistic level and not entirely superficial. Because frankly it was. I really appreciated the entire ascetic of the exhibition and the artists ideals of utilising things you already have to create art work, however i don't think i could appreciate the work on the deeper level the artist who created it would have wanted it. Where some people saw when looking at the vinyl floor a piece of art that changes to the floor space of every gallery that it visits, a constantly evolving piece. I saw a playful and fun pice of aesthetic decoration, which then lead me to think of home furnishings and weather ikea did a rug like this. Which i am Disappointed but nor surprised by my train of thought. As probably like most people entering the gallery off the street without any prior knowledge of the artist this is all you can really gain from this exhibition. Whilst ascetically it was pleasing i feel that the concept behind Jim Lambie was lost on me, as well as others.
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