My Review By Sophie

After Visiting Manchester Art Gallery to see the We Face Forward Exhibition I decided that I liked this work by El Anatusi because it is very different to anything I've seen before.

I found this work by Barth Toguo difficult to understand because it looked like they had just built it and thrown stuff on it. It was easier to understand once the lady at the exhibition explained that it was about African's trying to get out of the country and not being allowed to leave.  I liked seeing other peoples art and seeing what they think. I enjoyed taking photos of the art work. I found the picture by Billingham hard to understand because its a picture anyone could take. I found The Smiths exhibition to be too plain. 

If somebody my own age as goig to Manchester to look at Art I'd tell them to go around Manchester and look at the graffiti and to go and visit Manchester Art Gallery.

My Review by Shauna T

We went to have a look around Manchester Art Gallery to see the We Face Forward Exhibition. I liked the Fetish Statues by Pascale Marthine Tayou because they were interesting and I like to learn about different cultures. I found the work by Richard Billingham difficult to understand because the man in the photo looked like he was drunk and I don't like seeing people drunk.


I liked all of the things I saw in Manchester and I liked that I got to see a variety of things. The only bit I didn't like was the Richard Billingham photo. If I was going to recommend to a person my age one thing you must see it would be the Airoplane picture at the Manchester Art Gallery.

My Review By Vicky T

As I got on the train to visit Manchester to look at Art I was Looking forward to using the digital cameras Beth had brought along with her. Along the way I looked out for things which I thought were art and made this collage out of things from the newspaper.

When we got to Manchester Art Gallery I looked at the art work by Haroom Mirizas. I thought that the best part of this art work was the Pink s and the worst part was the sleek dry yell part. I thought that Piniag Dakar's animation was too small and would have looked better if it had been projected larger.  The art work in the modern gallery which I would recommend to my friends would be Roberlas Physical Stable 2 because its colourful. I didn't like the work By Richard Billingham because it was dull.

Looking back on the whole day I liked the graffiti because the way they do it is good. Graffiti is difficult to do when you first start and then you get used to it. I think it takes about a year of practice to get good at it and the pieces in Manchester were very special. I liked the work by El Anatsui. It was colourful and beautuful. If I was going to send somebody to look at the art in Manchester I would send them to look at the more colourful art works. I like the way the colours mix.

My Review by Richard H

I went on a trip to Manchester with Beth Barlow from Art Boot Camp. I was looking forwads to going on the train. Along the way to Manchester I looked out for things I think are art and took lots of photos. I learnt how to use an SLR camera along the way.

We went to the Manchester Gallery to see an Exhibition called "We face Forward". I looked at the work by Haroom Mirizas. I liked the electrical parts of it and that it was fiddley but didn't like the collage parts as I found them a bit boring. The animation by Piniag Dakar was made from clay and wood but I thought it was odd and had no real story.

 Looking around the rest of the gallery I decided that I like things I can relate to and can understand. I also like things which are a bit different. I liked the pieces of work which used different kinds of materials.

Thinking about the rest of the day I liked the graffiti art because I like fiddly things and it looked like the artist had had fun fiddling wit hthings. I found the black and white photography to be not as good because it doesn't catch my eye and so I don't spend time looking at it.

My Review by Ben Shaw

I went with Beth and the rest of youth club to see some Art in Manchester.

We went to see Cotton Global Threads at the Whitworth gallery. I liked the lady who worked there but didn't like anything else about the exhibition. 

Then we went to Manchester Museum. I thought that it was good there because there were live animals and I liked the guns and cross bows, I like the bend in the cross bows.

I found the Geiecle mask in the African sectionbut was more interested in the weapons. The masks featured a monkey, lizard and a bird.

If I was going to recommend a thing to see in Manchester it would either be the graffiti or the live animal displays in the museum.

My Review By Kane Farghaly

I went on an Art Boot Camp Trip to Manchester to look at Art.

 I am into graffiti so along the way I looked out of the window and saw this.

 

I am into architecture as well. I looked at the buildings along the way and did this quick drawing.

 

 We then went on to see a street with some really good graffiti. I liked looking at it, it makes me feel happy.

I got angry about some of the art because I think I could do it better. One piece looked like a bird had pooed on a bit of paper. How can that be art?

My Review By Morgan Allington

I went on a trip to see Art Galleries in Manchester.

 When I was going on the trip I felt alright.












We went to Manchester Musuem and my first impression of it was that it was amazing.

 I took lots of photos in Manchester Museum, including this one of a mammoth.









We went to look at the African art section and I drew this picture of my favourite mask.

I found that my favourite things were the animal skeletons. I was suprised because I thought some of them would be bigger.
If I was going to recommend exhibitions in Manchester I would recommend the space, Egyptian, money, live animals, growing stuff and stuffed animals exhibitions.