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In the Frederick Layton Gallery, propped up on a small shelf a couple of well-worn sketch books atypically invite peering. They appear weightless, floating with the levity of their contents. Next to them, a 11x17 or so framed movie style poster reads The Peeling, in thin modern san serif script, set on a putrid green... Continue Reading →
Glancing out the window while commuting down 35th Street, in the 30th Street Industrial Corridor, you might imagine yourself a red blood cell floating through plaque crusted arteries. The decay of weathered brick one-story machine shops, once churning with activity, appear largely abandoned and vacant. Some shops are now schools or churches, some shops maintained... Continue Reading →
Getting on the elevator, I dodge a man dressed in chef's garb pushing an overloaded cart of kitchen wares headed for Chin's Restaurant. Journeying through the Third Ward's Marshall Building up five floors to the Portrait Society Gallery space, you realize that part of enjoying any art destination comes with the trip there. Places that... Continue Reading →
Magicians coined the phrase the "hand is quicker than the eye", with alacrity Jason Anthony LeRoy proves the hand may out quick the mind. Leaving his works' presence then returning to stare again, starring once gives no guarantee of capturing all illusions trapped in LeRoy's art. A theme of Gallery Night Fall Edition 2011 at... Continue Reading →
Walking into Studio Lounge, large canvases covered in artistic expression offer salutations, bizarre and gripping. On the canvas lay familiar forms, a profile of a face, the appendage of an animal, a human body clothed. The forms meld together, a technique exquisitely conveyed by Jenie Gao. Featured on Gallery Night at Studio Lounge, Jenie Gao... Continue Reading →
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