Full Moon and other stories featuring Foster and Hawkins with Hallam students at the Cream Gallery, Sheffield.

The reviewer attended the preview of this exhibition which was in fact a combination of an exhibition of Art and Artification by Foster and Hawkins and work by 2nd year degree students in Furniture & Design at Hallam University.
As to be expected it was packed, mainly with students attempting to bolster the economy by reducing the European wine lake, (sorry guys you failed miserably but well done for trying).
Due to restrictions on space the full impact of the work produced could not be fully realised but no matter, the quality and design bodes good for the future of next years final exhibition, the main thing is getting out there and letting the public have a taster of things to come, so credit to those who took part, although a little bird told me that one of the exhibitors was so eleventh hour in bringing their work it was nearer to closing time. (Earls Court, March 2010 do you)
The floor space having been taken with the students it was up to the masters to fill the wall space which Foster and Hawkins did with a vengeance packing it with artwork.
Hawkins produced his inimitable style of protest and irony through the use of pictorial statements overlain with subtle messages and symbolism, cocking a snook at the established order of things, (Careful Scott, come the revolution you'll be joining the rest of us as being the first to the wall)
Mick Foster! What can I say? I came expecting to find the art world rent apart with another exhibition of deeply emotional renditions, savagely executed in a display of raw energy, but found a mild version which although well executed did not say anything to the reviewer in terms of pure symbolism and power.
Perhaps having seen previous work we had too high expectations although in fairness Foster did state that the current work was part experimental and looking at things in a different direction and that is something we cannot argue with, if art does not look at things differently how do we know if it works.
The exhibition runs from the 13th November to 9th December 2009 at the Cream Gallery, Broomhill, Sheffield.