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I was feeling a need for some eye candy today - a visual change of pace. So I headed for the city. The blocks between Tenth and Eleventh Avenue - on the far west side, in the twenties, comprise a major art gallery venue. It's an easy walk from Penn Station, and it's another world.
I particularly liked this work - and now I can't remember the artist's name. I'll have to dig for it.
Per Fronth is a name I'll remember and watch. I liked his work very much.
These little handmade books said "please touch", so I did.
A nice Frank Stella show here. This gallery was on the sixth floor; not all the galleries are at street level. There are over 150 galleries in this neighborhood.
Wait - is this a painting - or are we looking out the window? Hey - it's New Jersey!
In some cases entire galleries have been turned into "environments", including audio and video components. This one (and also the next) is a tribute to the artists's mother.
These represent just a small fraction of what I saw, and what I saw was just a small fraction of what's there. I need to take more advantage of this incredible free resource.
posted by sixty-five at 8:11 PM
5 Comments:
I like the window one, hehe.
Where is that very large room that looks like a museum gallery? (and I love the stacked cups).
The large room is the Per Fronth exhibit at the Dillon Gallery, 555 W 25th St. That's the Norwegian artist I liked so much. But this is typical of what many of the galleries look like. The teacups were nearby - I wish I had written down the artist's name. She also did a wonderful self-portrait with a yellow hat, some other domestic objects. Part of a group show.
I like the teacups too.
Great entry, all around-- love the photos!
Fantastic photos! I envy you being that close to a city (and especially THAT city) so that you can escape to get a fix of the unusual. Madison is a wonderful, diverse, interesting little place to live in, but too far from something with a stronger pulse.
I, too, think you have a remarkable eye for framing photos. In fact, your blog has become a "top five" for me. Thank you so much for taking up blogging.
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