DH and I decided to make the most of the sunshine and balmy day and headed into the City to do a little "gallery" crawling.
On the way to what was supposed to be our destination (W 26th and 10th Ave) we happened upon an interesting little sign on the sidewalk on 27th St, advertising a gallery show. The board outside was a good teaser and we were not disappointed - in fact seems that we decided in a rapid concert that we 'needed' a piece of the ARtist's work in lieu of hunting for a Christmas present for each other.
I can't tell you if it was the tantalising smell of Beeswax that convinced me, or the quaint and quirky subject matter - who knows - but I'd highly recommend catching Jenny's show if you have a moment!
Jenny Keith-Hughes, the Prince George Gallery at 15 E. 27th Street
And "An Epic of Missing" 36x36" will be coming home with us in December when the show closes!
After our enjoyment of Jenny's work the rest of the day seemed to be a mixed bag. We traipsed through most of the the galleries in the Wolf building on 26th - saw minimalistic collage and basic printmaking; some very intriguing TINY journals filled with exquisite watercolor paintings by Charles Ritchie; odd and depressing black and white photographs, blown up to almost billboard proportions - which made them REALLY depressing; lovely glass sculptures that only made sense if you were willing to pay more for the sculpture that you did for your house; some extremely BEASTLY scultpure/installation work by Claire Oliver -UGH! (adult content in the link btw); and some extremely clever and complicated work by Robert Williams - his sense of humour and use of satire was very well done.
All in all, a pleasant and enlightening day.....topped off with the obligatory stop at Dick Blick and then dinner at our fave Aussie Pub!
If you want more links and info about what we saw you can find it over on DH's blog - he's better with the details than I am :-))
Fabulous!!! Ooooo your first photo made me dizzy. Wonderful Marie.
Posted by: Deborah | November 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Another great day in the city for you both. Thanks for the photographs and the links.
Posted by: Seth | November 23, 2009 at 08:51 PM
SO glad you both had a happy day,and found such a fun and diverse gallery. M oxox
Posted by: Mother bear | November 23, 2009 at 07:27 PM
Do you suppose it is possible to go to the city and NOT take a photo? Hardly. My eyes are full, thank you.
Posted by: karen cole | November 22, 2009 at 12:12 PM
what a great day!
wish i was there!
was my favorite waiter working?
Posted by: nancy donaldson | November 22, 2009 at 09:16 AM
Fun to have another blogger take us all on a virtual gallery crawl, an interesting selection you have shared with us.
Your new blog banner just screams summer holidays down under.
Posted by: Pearl Maple | November 22, 2009 at 05:47 AM