Dear Art Lovers,
Great news! A few weeks back I created a post entitled, Art Districts: Overlooked Locations where I made an edit to Wikipedia's post entitled, Contemporary art gallery. I added Fairfield County to the list of art districts in the U.S., and I am happy to report that the edits remain!
I never knew that it was so simple to edit Wikipedia! I will certainly continue to edit and I recommend you do the same.
It is empowering to know we can all make a contribution to public knowledge!
Happy editing!
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Showing posts with label Contemporary art gallery. Show all posts
The Art of Politics: Hillary Clinton
What do you do with a boat load of Hillary Clinton's unused victory confetti?
Yep, turn it into art!
The glass-like sheen confetti that was designed to represent the shattering of the 'highest, hardest glass ceiling,' was bought by artist Bunny Burson, who created a special exhibition entitled, "And still I Rise," after Maya Angelou's poem about being persistent in the face of obstacles.
It was no easy task for Burson to hunt down the unused confetti. After two weeks of searching, she finally found the boxes in Chicago, where she bought 200 pounds worth for her project! For Burson the art represents a call for action against the Trump administration's policies.
A statement from the gallery:
Fun fact: Bunny Burson served as executive director for the Arts and the Humanities committee under President Bill Clinton.
The exhibit will run through August 12, 2017.
Bruno David Gallery is located at 7513 Forsyth Blvd., Clayton, St. Louis.
Do you recall the very moment you found out the results to the 2016 election? I fell asleep around midnight to CNN reporting HRC's lead on Trump. I posted my "Grab 'Em By The Ballot" meme on Instagram, and shortly after drifted off to sleep. She got this! Except she didn't! I remember waking up on the sofa two hours later amidst Trump's victory speech, while his 10 year old son, Barron, made a desperate attempt to stay awake on live TV. No matter who you voted for, it will be an unforgettable moment in history.
Ok, on to what's important here, confetti!
The confetti was designed to be released after HRC's victory speech at the Javits Center in Brooklyn, New York, but never made its way down! Instead, it was unloaded from air cannons and swept into cardboard boxes unto unknown land.
Sorry Hill, I know, the confetti would have been cool! But, don't worry! Great news, it's currently being exhibited in a transparent case at the Bruno David Gallery in St. Louis.
It was no easy task for Burson to hunt down the unused confetti. After two weeks of searching, she finally found the boxes in Chicago, where she bought 200 pounds worth for her project! For Burson the art represents a call for action against the Trump administration's policies.
A statement from the gallery:
"With this actual confetti as her metaphor, artist Bunny Burson hopes to empower young women and girls to be bold, to dream big, to believe in themselves and to break their own glass ceilings, as well as to finally break that highest and hardest one."
Below are a few examples of the transparent case as the confetti cascades inside.
Fun fact: Bunny Burson served as executive director for the Arts and the Humanities committee under President Bill Clinton.
The exhibit will run through August 12, 2017.
Bruno David Gallery is located at 7513 Forsyth Blvd., Clayton, St. Louis.
The gallery is open 10am to 5pm, Wednesday through Saturday.
If you can, check it out!
If you can, check it out!
Art Districts: Overlooked Locations
Hello There,
Not one Connecticut town mentioned! I was thrilled to learn that edits can be easily made to wikipedia's posts and added the district of Fairfield county.
This morning while going over a list I made of art-exhibitions I wish to visit this summer, I realized something. In the past, while visiting art galleries in Connecticut, I have always taken note of the neighborhoods and towns they are located in. Contrary to museums, galleries thrive on art-sales, and location is everything when trying to attract the right art-buyers. As a result, most art galleries in Connecticut tend to be located in upper-class neighborhoods, where dropping large sums of money on a painting is no big deal.
So I decided to do a search on the web for Contemporary art gallery to see if a listing of locations would come up. Wikipedia was the first to appear on the google search engine with the following information under districts:
Art districts
Galleries tend to cluster in certain neighborhoods within cosmopolitan cities for economic and practical reasons, mainly that it is possible for the buyers and general public to view more art if they can travel by foot. In the past galleries have tended to cluster in neighborhoods with affordable real-estate due to the unprofitable nature of the business. However, in the 21st century art galleries are strongly associated with the process of gentrification, and prime real estate for Chelsea galleries is not affordable for unprofitable galleries. Generally, cities that have less centralized art districts are faring poorly in terms of market share.
List of art districts by area name, city and country
USA
- Chelsea, 57th Street, Upper East Side and Madison Avenue, SoHo, Lower East Side, TriBeCa, and Dumbo, and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.
- West Loop, Chicago.
- Downtown Arts and Museum District, The Railyard District and Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- East End & West End, Commercial Street, Bradford Street, Provincetown, Massachusetts
List of art districts by area name, city and country
USA
- Chelsea, 57th Street, Upper East Side and Madison Avenue, SoHo, Lower East Side, TriBeCa, and Dumbo, and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.
- West Loop, Chicago.
- Downtown Arts and Museum District, The Railyard District and Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- East End & West End, Commercial Street, Bradford Street, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Fairfield County, Connecticut, is known for its upper-class life style, expensive restaurants, boutiques and art-galleries. However, in comparison to larger cities such as New York, relatively small locales like Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport or Fairfield are often over-looked, such as in the Wikipedia post.
Needless to say, there are thousands of contemporary art galleries in the United States, most of which are not listed on Wikipedia. Hopefully, other art lovers who see their cities and towns missing from the list will be inspired to add to this post.
If so, then please consider adding it so another fellow art hunter may take a visit.
Happy editing!
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