Chitra Ganesh was one of my top favorites of visiting artists. Her works are sculptural, multi-faceted, colorful, graceful, yet at the same time disturbing and violent. Her work range is wide and includes graphic narratives inspired by Indian comics, paintings, drawings, digital collage, photography, shiny textures, typography, silkscreens, woodcuts, etc.
My favorite works are her art pieces on paper, which include mixed media drawings with typographic elements, textures, pen and ink, acrylics and glitter.
Ganesh draws from iconography of Hindu, Greek and Buddhist mythology, 19th century fairytales, and comic books. She incorporates hand written text, photography, sculpture, and bright color with ideas of violence, blood, disfigurement, sexuality, and power to reveal moments of abjection, desire, and loss.
(21) Untitled: Mixed Media: Jim Brittingham the composition is vertical, tall and unbalanced, with more emphasis on the top than bottom. The piece is mixed media, with layers of colored plastic, aluminum foil, patterned paper, hand written text, and painting. It does, however, convey a lot of spontaneous emotion, thought, and action.
(32) really nice sunsets: tempera on paper, vinyl installation :Erika Soper The setup is sloppy and does not seem intentional; it seems careless. I would prefer to see the canvas paintings stretched on wooden bars so there are no ripples or sags in the canvas. If the background nighttime adhesives behind the paintings were lined up precisely so no white walls were showing, it would be easier to focus more on color palette, brushstroke, subject matter, and composition. The subject matter is appealing, however, and color palette soothing. The artist uses earthy and warm tones, such as orange, brown, yellow in harmony with the complimentary deep blue night sky. The allusion to nature with the nighttime desert setting makes the artwork stand out in a gallery filled with urban New Jersey residents. In terms of brushwork, the artist incorporates a variety of painting techniques, such as thick large brushstrokes, dripping paint marks in the mountainous horizon line, and black and white silhouettes in the cactus. While brushwork, composition, and color palette are successful and aesthetically harmonious, the installation and presentation is sloppy and haphazard, a decision that is unclear and questionable.
(31) Self portrait (flag; oil on wood; Dustin Metz: This piece is innovative and creative in terms of presentation, framing, color, brushstroke, paint application, subject matter, and conceptual interpretation. The painting had a blue and yellow frame with the edges cut off, an offbeat presentation of the traditional canvas and wood panel painting. The use of texture in the flesh toned American flag reveals a process of building up in paint and painting over with layers of color. The shirt is also very textured and achieves a sculptural and three-dimensional element. The artist has a good range of color and paint application techniques, and the combination used in this painting makes it dynamic and lures the viewer to linger a bit longer to observe and meditate the process. The pop of thick paint on top of the man's face reveals a portion of the american flag. This odd integration of the human figure and the flag alludes at ideas of of suffocation, isolation, and hiding of identity and secrets. This work not only achieves an aesthetic appeal, but also reads as a political allusion, which is difficult to achieve unless experienced in the subject matter.
My favorite works are her art pieces on paper, which include mixed media drawings with typographic elements, textures, pen and ink, acrylics and glitter.
Ganesh draws from iconography of Hindu, Greek and Buddhist mythology, 19th century fairytales, and comic books. She incorporates hand written text, photography, sculpture, and bright color with ideas of violence, blood, disfigurement, sexuality, and power to reveal moments of abjection, desire, and loss.
(21) Untitled: Mixed Media: Jim Brittingham the composition is vertical, tall and unbalanced, with more emphasis on the top than bottom. The piece is mixed media, with layers of colored plastic, aluminum foil, patterned paper, hand written text, and painting. It does, however, convey a lot of spontaneous emotion, thought, and action.
(32) really nice sunsets: tempera on paper, vinyl installation :Erika Soper The setup is sloppy and does not seem intentional; it seems careless. I would prefer to see the canvas paintings stretched on wooden bars so there are no ripples or sags in the canvas. If the background nighttime adhesives behind the paintings were lined up precisely so no white walls were showing, it would be easier to focus more on color palette, brushstroke, subject matter, and composition. The subject matter is appealing, however, and color palette soothing. The artist uses earthy and warm tones, such as orange, brown, yellow in harmony with the complimentary deep blue night sky. The allusion to nature with the nighttime desert setting makes the artwork stand out in a gallery filled with urban New Jersey residents. In terms of brushwork, the artist incorporates a variety of painting techniques, such as thick large brushstrokes, dripping paint marks in the mountainous horizon line, and black and white silhouettes in the cactus. While brushwork, composition, and color palette are successful and aesthetically harmonious, the installation and presentation is sloppy and haphazard, a decision that is unclear and questionable.
(31) Self portrait (flag; oil on wood; Dustin Metz: This piece is innovative and creative in terms of presentation, framing, color, brushstroke, paint application, subject matter, and conceptual interpretation. The painting had a blue and yellow frame with the edges cut off, an offbeat presentation of the traditional canvas and wood panel painting. The use of texture in the flesh toned American flag reveals a process of building up in paint and painting over with layers of color. The shirt is also very textured and achieves a sculptural and three-dimensional element. The artist has a good range of color and paint application techniques, and the combination used in this painting makes it dynamic and lures the viewer to linger a bit longer to observe and meditate the process. The pop of thick paint on top of the man's face reveals a portion of the american flag. This odd integration of the human figure and the flag alludes at ideas of of suffocation, isolation, and hiding of identity and secrets. This work not only achieves an aesthetic appeal, but also reads as a political allusion, which is difficult to achieve unless experienced in the subject matter.
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