Notes from Quela: Today was our third Thursday of profesional devolopment. We spent the morning at the ICA where we saw exhibits by artists Dr. Lakra and Charles Ledray. Both were shows very impressive in their amount of detail, but it was Charles Ledray that I can honestly say was like nothing i’d ever seen before. The Ledray exhibit was very personal and featured snapshots of every day life in a way I had never expieienced before. Ledray sews and assembles miniature clothing garments to convey very personal messages. In addition to making the clothing he also makes all the nesseray objects needed to dispaly his work from hangers to tools to dress forms.
Through working small he has a special way of displaying objects in a way that makes everyday items seem precious. Staples of everyday life such as magazines and books make you feel like your seeing them for the fist time. Ledray makes you believe they are delicate.
Pieces such as “Party Bed”, an installation where Ledray constructed a bed complete with a box spring, mattress, bedding and rug. The bed was complete with coats piled high, made to assimilate the all familiar bedroom of a person hosting a party. It gave me the sense that it fullfilled one of arts many purposes which is to bring people together. It was an emotional exibition. There was humour, presicion, innocence as well as a sense of darkness, an exhibiton that I will never forget.
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