On Saturday I nipped over to Queen's to see the Abram Games exhibition at The Naughton Gallery. I mean, a graphic design exhibition in Belfast! That's a pretty rare thing but at least when they do happen, judged by this one anyway, they are of the toppest of notches.
The show is basically a version of the 2003 Design Museum exhibition Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means but if it's a condensed version (the Naughton Gallery is a tidy space) it's still very, extremely impressive. Not that I haven't seen almost everything before (in print), but actually experiencing Games' posters, in the flesh, at their original sizes, puts it all into perspective and it all totally lives up to his Maximum Meaning goal.
So if you're in Belfast with an hour or so to spare, you've got until Sunday 11th October to see Abram's amazing work, including scribbles, sketches and doodles. If you're not in Belfast, don't already have the book and missed him at the Design Museum, I've posted a pile of stuff on Flickr.
The book (actually, a USA edition of it, but same quality) has recently been available very much more cheaply in Henry Pordes in the Charing Cross Road; it may still be; sorry, in London, not Belfast.
Posted by: James Mackay | 06 October 2009 at 10:44 AM