In thinking about taking time to show work this year, I've sent jpegs to exhibitions a bit outside the usual hour to two hour driving range, with the longest drive to date, being Brooklyn. This image of the tree growing out from under the bridge enchanted me, making me remember my mom's library of books when I was a child, one of which included, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith. I actually went to Brooklyn College for my masters as well, so there's something perfectly lovely about returning with art here for the first time since those years of study. Add to it, the city is exciting and it doesn't matter that we had been driving for six hours, when you cross borders and boundaries of cities, you sit up and take note.
I love it all - the patterns and colors, the architectural mish-mash, the large, bold signs, the constant bump and brrr of the street against our tires...the mushing of car to car to bus to truck...it's all so incredibly alive!
The BWAC is a large warehouse, artist-run, gallery flanking the water.
It rises up bricked and quite beautiful with black wrought iron railings along the exterior, and exposed beams, hardwood floors, high ceilings,
and pristine, hung canvases to showcase the work.
There was much to see besides setting my piece down, so out of the van 'Embedded' came for the second time in the past month and a half (it travelled from the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists to here) and what a journey! I feel like I've been on one all year without quite knowing where I'll end up but liking that my work has visited people in Chicago and Connecticut, and now New York. It makes the world seem smaller and more approachable if I can connect on this simple level of sharing time and space with others.
We took one more gander,
sighed that we needed to move on, and said our goodbye's.
The drive home had it's own beauty just waiting for a click from my camera to try and hold it a second longer!
Take time to visit this site: http://www.bwac.org/
The site exhibits a slide show of the entire show and I think you will find something to be interested in, so have at it and enjoy!
that was a neat space to have your piece in!
ReplyDeleteIt is a cool place - high beams and open floor plan, lots of gorgeous old wood...a treat!
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