December 06, 2004
stuff i like
on a saturday in mid-october i spent the afternoon hanging out in dumbo, checking out open studios 2004 (dumbo - art under the bridge). it had been a long time since i'd actually spent an afternoon checking out various galleries. most of what i saw didn't really appeal to me. i think i'm stuck on only liking photography. sometimes everything else just strikes me as not good enough. but one artist's work did catch my eye. i was delighted when i walked into the studio of amy bennett. she paints this oddly realistic images of families. i call them odd because the setting is a doll house. the dollhouse she'd lately been using as a model was one she built herself and it sat in the middle of her open studio. her work was open and free and just a bit fun. i really liked it. and i'm going to the open studios event next year, too. even though i didn't love everything i saw, it was a great way to spend an afternoon.
Posted by marc@balgavy.com at December 6, 2004 11:02 PMI also went to Open Studios that same day. Saw some really pretentious stuff. I liked this one Italian guy's drawings that he'd made an animation out of, but I heard him talking to someone and he sounded like a major league asshole. Still, it's good to check out art now and then. Hate it or love it, at least it reminds you that creativity is the lifeblood of human existence. (Though SHR might argue that bacon is the lifeblood of human existence. And she might just be right. ["Lifeblood" sure is a strange word.])
Posted by: jim at December 9, 2004 11:25 PM
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