At George Rush's gallery Darker with the Day, there were not very many pieces to look at, but the pieces that were there caused for a lot of thought and interpretation.
The first thing I noticed was that they are all black and white, and tended to not really be "happy" paintings. Also, some of the paintings were almost exactly the same, just with things either added or taken away from the table. With the darkness of the images and this happening with the objects it almost seems like the paintings and the name of the gallery were like a sorta of metaphor for life being darker than it seems it is and how things are constantly coming and going from life. Also one of the things I just kind of thought was cool was how the two window paintings were opposite each other, almost like looking through an actual window, one side being lighter than the other. Possibly going back to how things are darker than they seem to people.
Going back to the window paintings, it seemed as though going into the gallery we saw the darker window, almost as if showing us that we are entering a somewhat dark place, where as leaving you would see the light window, showing that you are going to a possibly brighter place. The window paintings were probably the pieces I liked the best.
Over all, I really enjoyed the gallery.
Questions for the artist:
1) The paintings with the table and objects, is that a specific place?
2) Was there any specific inspiration to the paintings?
3) What were you actually trying to represent with the paintings?
Excellent interpretation, Aaron. I did not think about the two window paintings in regards to the idea of entering a dark place and then exiting into a brighter place...
ReplyDeleteit was sort of one of the first things I thought of, probably because the exhibit was called darker than the day.
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