Gallery Notes. Curated by Alex Ferrone.
Like so many businesses, art galleries also experienced a very difficult year due to the pandemic. We all had to close our galleries for some time, but thankfully now, most are open again, and we eagerly await your visit. We appreciate your support by visiting and leaving a comment in the guest book for our exhibiting artists. I do suggest calling in advance to check open hours and safety procedures.
Reasons to Visit Art Galleries: Spatial Sense
Let’s face it. They way we can view art these days has changed drastically from choosing to physically visit an art gallery or museum (pandemic reasons aside). The Internet has provided us with almost every artist’s portfolio; we can scroll through art and images on social media until the cows come home; and find creative images and artworks on the numerous art and auction platforms online as well. Even most of the major museums have their collections online.
However, there is nothing like visiting an art gallery or museum in person. Our first reason is that one cannot truly experience a work of art while viewing it on an electronic 3-inch square only to have that viewing interrupted by a phone call or text message. One needs to view the physical artwork in its intended finished size. You need to experience the spatial sense of the artwork from where you are standing, to what artworks surround it, to the space that envelopes it and its placement in the room. You may need to step in to investigate the elements closer and more intimately, or back away from the work to comprehend the piece in its entirety. So, please do visit in person to feel that spatial sense that the artist intended to relay.
Carolyn Conrad, “Fog”, 2017
Regarding space, multidisciplinary artist Carolyn Conrad’s minimalist handmade construction of “Floor Plan” (below) portrays more intimate and less temporal domestic spaces than her earlier works of expansive rural scenes (see “Fog” above). Using the disciplines of painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography, Carolyn has taken direction with space, color, tone, light source, and perspective to create an exterior landscape that offers balance, harmony, and a respite from an internal world - houses that we know may not be empty or simple inside.
Carolyn Conrad, “Floor Plan”, 2017, Edition 3/10
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Ultra Smooth fine art paper, 19 x 24 inches. (Sag Harbor, NY) Click here for more about this work and to read Ms. Conrad’s statement on her series.
Alex's next several posts will focus on the reasons (and joys) of experiencing the art gallery.
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