The Gagosian Gallery

The gallery currently has three exhibitions on view: a group show by the women artists from Studio 44, an artist run studio space in Sweden; “Making Power” by artist Joan Ryan; and “Destroy Edit Transform” by Andrea Burgay. In order to home these three exhibitions within its long and narrow storefront space, the gallery is divided into three tiny rooms. By presenting artworks that span several mediums including video, painting, and sculpture, the gallery exhibition space evolves somewhat haphazardly to become a charming, but cluttered and disorganized space. To be honest, the space is not large enough to show three different exhibitions, which made me feel overwhelming when I visited the gallery.

I visited a small gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina called the Shain Gallery. The exhibition that is currently on display is by the artist Arless Day. The exhibition consists of painted mixed media on canvas (some had frames) and paint on canvas (no frames, on the floor, and leaning on the partitioned walls). My focus during my visit to the Shain Gallery was on the signage, layout and spacing, lighting, and distractions.

It showcases the dense, extensive and delicate connections in the artist’s experimental practices, which includes performance, installations, prints, photographs, films and paintings. The show reveals the transgression with the thematically structured six main galleries with an impressive display of Parr’s diaries in the foyer, films in the theatre and the artist’s archive, ‘Information Centre’. According to Parr, he said, “But in the foyer, I must say, there’s this rather beautiful pop-up space, which is nearly confined entirely to language pieces, and outside this space on the curved wall we’ve got 40 beautiful vitrines..and I’ve displayed 45 years of diaries. So the foyer’s got all of this text, and it’s very intimate.” The diaries were a very clever idea that gave a lot of help to the audience in terms of better understanding of the

The work of Frank Stella presents itself as a catalyst. It is equipped with a three-dimensional energy that goes beyond the limits of the canvas and spreads itself onto real space. His creations invite us in to interact. He is one of the pioneers of Minimalism, with his famous black paintings (1958-60) ,for which he received early and overnight recognition and acclaim . Those “Black Paintings” consisted of, basically , ‘stripes of black house paint laid out in stark repetitive, patterns separated by thin lines of unpainted canvas’.(Fig 1)

He uses a small topic and creates a great painting simply made of words. For example, in Beowulf, the author is describing how Beowulf goes down into the fen to fight off Grendel’s mother, who is an evil creature that has the ability to kill people almost instantly. “He thought he would never come to the bottom. Perhaps there was no bottom, and he was falling into hell? Perhaps there was no way back? The water was foul, thick with blood and slime.” p.66. This creates an image of what Beowulf is doing, how he feels, and what is around him. Robert Nye also did a great job at giving us detail about the

This facility features an art gallery from some local artists, such as Marcela Arguelles Lawler, Fafi Melguizo, and Ariana Lash. The paintings vary from abstracts, landscapes, and portraits. The hall in which the gallery serves usually as a showcase on average days. However, for special occasions, the hall can then be used as an event center. Through its selection of paintings and natural light from its immense windows, the hall maintains a sense of class.

This series is immensely personal for not only Rothko, but also for the viewer. These murals explore identity as these paintings are an exploration of raw emotion felt by such a deeply depressed man who committed suicide in 1970. These paintings can be seen as a discovery of Rothko’s self and also a form of emotional release due to the unsettling colours he has adopted (black on maroon and dark red on maroon); these paintings are a clear reflection of emotional instability. According to Rothko, these paintings were “concerned with the most profound questions of existence.” That statement could possibly mean that he was thinking about his mortality at this time as he had been suffering from depression and had also been diagnosed with a mild

However, wandering further into the exhibition, one encounters a room filled with purely abstract, monochromatic master pieces. While perfectly rendered, single color abstractions vary in scale and proximity, they create the semblance of space which is very endearing and peaceful. The pen and ink sketches are crisp, and precisely executed, with the consistency of a wood or linoleum block print.

At first glance, Wassily Kandinsky’s artwork may simply be perceived as undulating explosions of color and form; however, the whirlwind of unrecognizable shapes and lines fading into one another draw the viewer in. This mysterious familiarity is the foundation of Kandinsky’s art; each element in the composition contributes to a symphonic harmony that exists between each form, line, and plane of color. The recognition of this harmony helps one gain a better understanding of the hidden spiritual concepts that Kandinsky strove to liberate through the application of his avant-garde techniques. His use of abstraction allows the relationships between color, form, line, and composition to thrive; their independence from the confines of traditional

Chagall often used his home village of Vitebsk as a focal point in many of his paintings as he loved his home even when he was in exile; this is why I used my childhood homes as two of the prominent elements in my work as I am often nostalgic and home-sick when I am at school. Chagall’s use of cubism is also prominent in my painting, seen in the street and by my grandma’s house, as I found his version of cubism emotive and unique. I was also moved by Chagall’s stain glass work and tried to incorporate this in the texture of the sky, ocean, and cubist sections and also through a heavy use of the color blue. Furthermore pertaining to my use of color, Chagall’s subtle use of expressionism inspired me to pay attention to color, which led me to use a vibrant and rich yet cool and calm color scheme to further represent the nostalgia I have for the figures. Finally, in my last subtle homage to Chagall, I incorporated flowers into my piece similar to how Chagall used traditional Russian flower patterns in his work. By studying the life and work of Marc Chagall, I was able to create a work that means a lot to me and that I am able to be genuinely proud

The gallery’s main achievement is to give the students chance to spread the motivation and the diversity that the gallery lives for among different cultures as said on their website (Kean Galleries). Recently, it was remodeled into a new theme from three artists, named Susan Collett, Julie Oakes and Christian Bernard Singer. The new theme reflected in the world of nature and the gallery has every aspect you can think about natural world. I took the time to analysis each work of art and all I could think is the amount of time, patience, and imagination behind it which is truly

With the encouragement of the lily, it becomes somewhat less intimidating to follow the tour guide out of the shadow shrouding the lobby and into the next room. Stark light casts an almost antiseptic glow over the white walls and illuminates the rows of framed paintings arranged meticulously on one wall. “Featured artists,” the guide explains—local amateur artists who have contributed their work. A contract benefits both museum and artist by giving the museum an exhibit and the artists a chance to sell artwork to a wider audience.

The C. Grimaldis Gallery has a bit of history standing behind it. It was established in 1977 by Consantine Grimaldis and is the longest operating art gallery in the Baltimore City area. The gallery hosts exhibitions featuring American and European artists and works from the Post World War II, contemporary, and modern eras. The gallery has very high ceilings with white painted walls and pale wood flooring, allowing the artwork to “speak for itself” on display and to limit distractions to the viewers. It’s a very airy and comfortable place to be in, and it takes on a beautiful aura when displaying René Treviño’s artwork in particular.

This gallery appeared to have different artist’s work present, but their art was much more expansive, detailed, and followed individual themes compared to Gallery II. The exhibit mainly had paintings on display, but other media was also incorporated into some pieces.

As a result of his trip, Klee’s work started to become more abstract. Hermitage was created after the trip; it's laced with a beautiful blue, reminiscent of the color of the Mediterranean Sea. The piece is covered with several drawings that have a very childlike. The painting appears to be a stage because of the curtains positioned at both sides. In the middle, there are drawings that resemble a landscape, filled with threes and what seems like either a church or temple. In the center, there is mysterious set of marks that appears to be in the shape of an eye. All the parts and pieces are filled with energy and move harmoniously throughout the painting. Klee leaves much of the interpretation of his pieces up to the viewer on giving only hints as to what may be the underlining meaning as demonstration by