The OBJCT Gallery was small offering the fewest paintings on display for us to look at, but at least there was a different sense of style compared to the other galleries I visited. The standouts to me for this gallery were the "Unfolding/Cosmos/Camellias" paintings by Cassandra Tandro. Right out of the gate, my first impression were that they remind me of those visualizers you see if you ever use Windows Media player and the various effects it shows that are sometimes epileptic. I liked the use of colors and they were meshed together to become that visualizer effect I am reminded of. I am always fascinated of epileptic art pieces whether in still form or in video because seeing colors being mashed of changing entirely over time is something cool to me. Other than those paintings, there are the tape pieces by Gabriel Gonzales that impressed me because all of them were in fact done by tape. It goes to show that any piece of art can be done by materials you do not expect it would be used to build something truly impressive settings that are at times dream-like.
The main gallery was the DA one, which was the biggest one displaying paintings from all spectrums. Whether huge or small, these artists that displayed their works do have a story to tell what they shown. Among the ones shown, Athena H. Hahn's gallery is the one that impressed me the most because of the story it told. From the top is "Balloon," followed by "Candyland," and then "Shoots of Ladders" (above) as it felt like there is somewhat a beginning and an end with what she is trying to say with the paintings. In addition, "Candyland" and "Shoots of Ladders" resemble the board games they are referencing very well from the Candy Land path of various colors to all those bottles and ladders in the other painting. All three paintings also had words in them that didn't distract from the overall painting being clear to see both what they are trying to say. The messages in those paintings do in fact feel like it is a message of inspiration for life. Even though Hahn's gallery might be explaining too much in terms of everything that is going on in those paintings, but I still felt like it was the "hottest" of the whole DA gallery.
The other painting that impressed me with the DA gallery was Leslie A Brown's "Sweets of the Sweet." This one consists of three panels, but they all fit together being thematic with the whole notion of sweets. At first, I was like how all of these elements (below) fit together to become this whole painting? From Michael Jackson, Popsicles flying around, and a table full of tasty desserts, and pieces of clothing, it seems like some bizarre person just decided to combine all these elements to become one and it surprisingly works being appropriate to the title of sweets. I feel like what I got out of the painting is that sweets are more than just junk food and dessert. Our sweets are as equal as our pleasures in life and this painting demonstrates that with everything that is going on.
That is for the standouts of my time at the art walk. The other gallery I went to was the Main Street gallery, which is next door to the DA one as it offered its own sense of style even though it is not as extravagant as the DA gallery. This gallery as a whole felt more relaxed tone wise in which what the artists were showing, but also showcasing different forms of art besides paintings. From photographs of timely settings by Thomas Matranga with "Meteor Crater," "Resting Place," and "Roadtrip," to the usage of watercolor by Sandy Garcia and Arlene A. Moreno, and more. What stood out to me was Tom Oliver's paintings of the various buildings in Pomona. It felt like the city was represented well showing its more than what people set it out to be. The Art Walk in a nutshell was an interesting experience seeing art from a different perspective for the first time in a while with previous experiences at art museums dating back to my childhood days going to those places for educational purposes. Its kind of nice to appreciate art at a mature age taking some time to truly think what these galleries mean and what message they are trying to tell. From a perspective regarding criteria, it would be interesting how to judge them from different approaches. Maybe I considered Rosenburg's style a little bit more here because of the details every art piece is trying to show and then nitpick from there compared to Isenberg. For the time I was there at the art walk, it was definitely a more laid back experience than I first expected it to be. Maybe my expectations were a little crazy expecting some extravagant display of art shows, but it turns out the laid back atmosphere helped out for the best allowing me and others to appreciate what is there more.
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