Overall, the gallery show was quite a disappointment for me. Most of the pieces, I thought, were 'alright', some looked unfinished for my taste. I thought the use of space was no well thought out, I don't think it helped some of the pieces, specially the two walls in the middle of the gallery with such small painting attached to them... I kind of did not like that.. just because I rather be surprised by the large work in the back of the gallery instead of a large almost blank wall.
However, there were some pieces I did like for example, the fist set of photographs by the entrance (right wall). I do not know who took them, they have no mane, but they are interesting to look at. I want to know what the artist thought and was trying to convey when taking the photos. Like the cherry pie image, this can boarder line between a stereotype or homosexuality. Then there were what i call the movement and still photos. two portraits of the same woman, one in action splashing paint all over (reminds me of Pollock) and the other image of stillness (remind me of a statue, more like a gargoyle). Then there was a set of images of the same woman with a cigarette neckless around her neck. Probably an anti-smoking propaganda? At any rate, these I thought were well thought out and entertaining.
I also liked the park at night and house view paintings. To me these looked very realistic and showed that the artist took much effort to compose them. Specially the night painting, thought I was not love at first sight, I learned to appreciate it once I stepped back to enjoy the entire painting. If you focused in the painting it really made you feel like you were at the park, the use of color to convey the street light are so crisp and realistic. I really liked it. The same could be said for the house painting.
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