29th WNY Regional Exhibition in Buffalo, NY

 

 Double-Play; mixed-media on acrylic sheet and board, 26" x 32"

Autumn brings theater openings, football games, and new art exhibitions and this season is no different.  This year my entry the juror accepted for the 29th Regional Artists Exhibition is Double-Play.  The show does not have a particular theme and will run from October 16 to November 20 at the Artists Group Gallery on North Street in Buffalo, NY.  The judge for this exhibit was Burchfield Penney Art director Dennis Kois.    

This artwork continues the experiment in the use of a transparency, here I employed a thin acrylic sheet with a DNA helix covering the middle panel drawing of a maple tree.  It is a challenge to overlay one drawing over another without taking away the integrity of each.  Does it work? 

And it was enjoyable presenting two different perspectives of the same house while keeping the two connected as one with the figures in the left- and right-side panels. 

Art: Philosophy, Pleasure, Prophecy, Profit, or Propaganda?

What is Art? Is it for philosophy, pleasure, prophecy, profit, or propaganda? 

It is unfortunate that there have been those who purchase what is thought to be a work of Art because it fits a preconceived notion as to what is “Art.”  E.g., a person of great means has the money to buy a 17th century Dutch oil painting portrait, the artist may be well known or not, and the cost may be $500k.   [Well, it’s not a Rembrandt since that would go into the millions.]  

Anyway, they buy the painting and it’s a good example of 17th century Dutch portraiture.  So what?  They just bought the equivalent of a snapshot of someone else’s family member from a few centuries ago for $500k so they can hang it in their house?  What makes this Art—or is it really just a commodity, either a conspicuous consumption or an investment? 

Critical Cat

 

Just as Roxy tried to engage my artwork (vid. 2 October 2019) so does Rosie, pet of son Daniel P. Ross.  Not sure what to make of my latest drawing Rosie appears to be interested enough to review it, but not excited enough to rate it.  That's okay, give that cat a treat!