lower east side gallery tour
as my company does every year, we get a day off to volunteer around the community. last year, i went to the bronx zoo to volunteer. this year, i volunteered for the rema hort mann foundation. the foundation supports undiscovered, starving artists and provides travel expenses to loved ones of cancer patients. they were hosting an art crawl for to raise money. the organizers had selected a 14 galleries around the lower east side to visit in small groups.
we started off going to the gallery, canada. you would never know it was there if you did not already know! the artist, katherine bernhardt, was in residence with her exhibit, tombouctou 52 jours, which was heavily influenced by moroccan rugs.
we went to another gallery that had sort of papier mache sculptures. the artist called it his jungle. a lot of them hung from ceiling and were influenced by chinese flowers.
another artist takes objects that he finds around and call them found art (or other people's art). then he might convert them into new pieces of art. he also has a house in austin and that is a "living piece of art."
another artist, anja schworer, distresses fabrics with bleach. she had some beautiful pieces of purple velvet treated with bleach creating symmetry.
times visited: 1
time spent walking to galleries: 2 hrs
overall: B+
we started off going to the gallery, canada. you would never know it was there if you did not already know! the artist, katherine bernhardt, was in residence with her exhibit, tombouctou 52 jours, which was heavily influenced by moroccan rugs.
we went to another gallery that had sort of papier mache sculptures. the artist called it his jungle. a lot of them hung from ceiling and were influenced by chinese flowers.
another artist takes objects that he finds around and call them found art (or other people's art). then he might convert them into new pieces of art. he also has a house in austin and that is a "living piece of art."
another artist, anja schworer, distresses fabrics with bleach. she had some beautiful pieces of purple velvet treated with bleach creating symmetry.
times visited: 1
time spent walking to galleries: 2 hrs
overall: B+
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