Wednesday, October 30, 2013

LES Galleries Reaction

                   
                      During my trip to the lower east side galleries in New York, we saw some pretty good works of art for a gallery that consist of artists who are still experimenting with their art and don't have as much value compared to well known artists. We managed to observe the "Miguel Abreu Gallery" on 36 Orchard Street 10002, A gallery that was "Untitled" gallery on 30 Orchard street 10002, and "The new Museum of Contemporary Arts" on 235 Bowery 10002. Immediately I noticed that both the lower east side galleries and Chelsea's galleries showed some art of the same work, but the L.E.S galleries actually offered a bit more unique pieces of art, none of which i saw in Chelsea's gallery. For example, I genuinely appreciated Andre Felicianos art where he incorporated the image of cameras and portrayed them as flowers was really interesting and different, very "lego" like from a distance.
           
 Judging from every bit of art I encountered at L.E.S, it's safe to say that there a lot of exhibitions that do in fact "cater" to collectors, but some that probably wouldn't peek a collectors interest due to the fact that this paintings originate from artists with no name value as of yet. I also noticed that both the L.E.S and Chelsea's galleries do for the most part share that "White Cube" type of atmosphere, like how the paintings are displayed on clean white walls like a cubicle environment and polished floors.
         
  In my opinion, I don't really care what environment the L.E.S gallery was located at. It didn't change my view or experience of the actual art itself. Even though commuting and traveling to the galleries themselves was a bit annoying to the very narrow and cramped sidewalks when you leave the main street. Even though the area Chelsea's galleries was located at was more pleasant than the lower east side, again it had no effect on my views and opinion of the art being displayed.

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