At first glance, it may feel like
chaos. Different styles, mediums, and every color imaginable is
displayed on the walls of the Studio Gallery this month...but that is
the best part of a group show. Altered States does not serve as a
superficial title, it is the essence of the show.
Each piece focuses on what “Altered
States” mean to the individual artist, but you can't help but feel
yourself transform as your eyes move from one piece to the next. Each
piece expresses a different emotion or mood that the viewer must
react to.
Markowski's “Spring Thaw” is built
layer upon layer of metallic and colorful geometrical shapes. With
space carved out, it allows you to view the delicacy in which they
are placed upon each other. As you circle the piece, you feel as if
it is constantly morphing, as you view something new with every turn.
As I moved to the next piece, I was
enamored with Suzanne Yurdin's “Roses in the Rain”. I have much
respect for painters as a whole, but a soft spot for those who do not
try to hide the process, mistakes, and layers of paint the canvas has
seen. I view it as a vulnerability, showing a little piece of the
artist themselves. Yurdin's combination of light airy creams and
whites with blood red blend beautifully together. The drip of paint
here or the odd pencil mark there gives it life.
These two pieces have nothing in
common, from medium to interpretation of altered states, but only one
similarity: a strong representation of each artist. The show presents
an opportunity to meet the artists of Studio Gallery. It may not be
on a personal level, but their work speaks for them in a way words can not.
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