Comments on: Help! Name my exhibition

By: elise

elise — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:02:24 +0000

You all are fantastic! I’m still thinking but I’m leaning toward Strange & Familiar too. And Strangely Familiar. Ok, I’ll give myself one more day to decide.
x
elise

By: Fi

Fi — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:41:07 +0000

I like ‘Strangely Familiar Creatures’. Why? The pictures all depict creatures other than humans in very familiar human settings and the animals chosen and their pose are all showing us different aspects of ourselves.

By: Celine

Celine — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:13:41 +0000

I’m with Peter, “Strange & Familiar” sounds and looks great!
Best of luck!

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:43:48 +0000

I really like Strange Familiar. As well as being a satisfying combination of words, it conjures up all that delicious folklorish imagery of magic and animals – and your paintings are truly magical Elise. (Also, it’s the combination that stuck in my head all day after reading the blog this morning.)

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:51:21 +0000

hi else, i agree with peter, i like the &, and i love “Strange & Familiar” – it suggests we will see something we already know but with a bit of a different twist. however if you are using the title without images, maybe you could go for “Animaux: Strange & Familiar”. it looks fabulous by the way xx

By: Sheryl Gwyther

Sheryl Gwyther — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:52:00 +0000

Elise, how about these:
‘ODD BODS’
‘Oddly Familiar’
Tricky business, isn’t it?
Cheers
Sheryl
PS I wonder if animals think humans are odd bods?

By: peter

peter — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:10:36 +0000

At the risk of sounding strange, I like either of “Strange & Familiar” or “Strange & Familiar Creatures” because I like the look of the ampersand. Perhaps if you are always going to associate your title with a picture, you don’t need to include the “creatures” bit?