All that is Solid melts into Air - Liam Belch

The exhibition created and curated by Jeremy Deller named all that is solid melts into air is an art exhibit that blends and links many different media together to create one formative experience.  Ranging from music pieces to paintings and video to photography I find it unique in two main ways. For one I have never actually been to an exhibit that uses such a range of different pieces and two technically none of the work on display is actually created by him I believe that he collects pieces and uses them to show contrasts and correlations and possibly to inspire others into making art. It is clear from the pieces on display that the exhibit has a main focus on the days of the industrial revolution and how even in today’s modern society there are still remnants from the past present. 

Something that particularly interested me about the exhibit was the use of music. From the moment you walk into the exhibition space the first thing that you are likely to lay your eyes on is a solitary juke box stood against a beautifully painted wall, the paint representing either possibly an explosion or industrial process such as metal forgery. As I further explored the room I noticed a couple of album covers on the wall from the bands ‘’Judas priest’’ and ‘’slayed’’. Both of these bands come from the ‘’Black Country’’ which was a massive part of the industrial boom so already there is a relation and a link starting to appear.

 Another slightly obvious if a bit cheesy reference is that the bands play a genre of music dubbed ‘heavy metal’ I cant say for sure if this is what Jeremy Deller had intended or perhaps he didn’t really have an intention in mind but after looking at the painted wall behind the juke box for a while it reminded me of welding and forging steel and it made me think about how bands such as Judas priest and slayed have forged and wrought out their own careers. I suppose that one of the good things about the exhibit was that there was so many links and interference’s that it allowed you to think and come up with your own ideas or interpretations. It feels like there are no wrong answers.