Foreman Gallery Opening

The Foreman Galley Opening - February 12, 2009
My first art event for this semester was the opening at Anderson's main gallery. The featured artists covered almost every spectrum of the art world. There were several sculptures, painting and some prints located on the upper level of the gallery.
The sculptures were done by Kiki Ketchman and there were three pieces in the show, one was a collection of hanging oddities, and the other, a interesting piece with metal ferns leaves and flowers arranged on a lattice. Personally i did not relate with the hanging pieces, but the steel greenery was very intruiging as when viewed from inside, it made cool shadow patterns on the ground. This piece showed a lot of detail and was very eye-catching.
The paintings were rather boring, except when viewed closely, wherin you realize they may have been photoshopped to included little details which were quite puzzling. One painting had stautues imposed on rock walls. The photgraphs were well done, but rather uninspiring. At first i thought they were paintings, but in the end they were just photos printed on canvas.
The best part of the show, in my opinion, were the prints. Done by Hee Sook Kim, she had a very oriental approach to printwork and she had a multi-layer design which created very good depth. When looking through the collection, i would definately hang some of those pieces on my walls.
In the end, I did enjoy the pieces displayed at the Gallery Opening and they had those tasty little cracker things which really made the experience. Unfortunately, i was in a hurry to get to another meeting so i did hurry through the opening a little. I could have taken more time to observe the pieces, but i can always go back and check them out.

My award for best visuals goes to this snowboard vid, this is only the teaser. Just check the first scene.

New art line from Ride Snowboards

This is not particularly digital art, but it is a good example of the outlanding urban styling that snowboard companies are utilizing this season.

art...for starters...

So...art...
for starters, most of the art i'm exposed to is around my two favorite things, cars and snowboarding. Cars are more subtle, yet powerful example of defined curves, complicated shapes and other elements. The styling of vehicles has always been interesting to me. Like the new 2008-09 Sti for example, one of my favorites, could be considered ugly or very styling. I could talk for hours about the supple curves and powerful accents on a car and what they tell me, but that's for another time.
Now snowboard clothes are reaching this peak of outlandish styling, it's a very interesting time to be riding, especially when you are hip to the current trends. This year, the loudest color combination have been the most popular. Combining neon green with bright yellow snow pant, or coupling intense patterns or muraled jackets with another clashing pant. Personally, I like to rock a timeless matched look, but with louder colors, which seems to work. I really enjoy the use of patterns in the snowboard world and that influence will likely surface in my pieces this year.