ArtLaunch 2011

There have been some positive changes at ArtSpan most recently mentioned was the Open Studios Guide book. In addition, last night I went to ArtLaunch, an exhibition of current ArtSpan members' works less than 20 " X 20", a festive party with food, open bar and a DJ spinning tunes. In the past, it was a more exclusive and expensive evening which i worked as a volunteer doing sales. Last night's event was affordable, only $35 if you are an ArtSpan member, $25 if you are an ArtSpan artist. And the mood was really upbeat with many women looking quite natty in their chic sheaths, sexy stockings, and facinators. I went around once to see all the work, made mental notes about which one I wanted to buy, and then looked at the works in detail. The work has to look intruguing up close and from far away and that narrowed the list to two. The one painting i would've loved to have purchased was by Suzy Barnard but it was way out of my price range. In the end, i bought a photograph by Pep Ventosa.


He saw me purchase his work and introduced himself. He explained his process of photographing the image, in this case a tree in New York, in a circle, that is, taking an image and moving in a circle around the tree and taking another image creating multiple images of the tree. He photoshops the images and creates this magical final image. I am always interested in photographs that look like paintings and this is an example of that. Digital images have really come a long way - the colors look saturated and there is much depth. Little stick drawings appear in the photograph. His work reminded me of the photographer Adam Fuss's image of a vase, which has a painterly quality.

Soon after I bought Pep's photograph, someone purchase my painting. All around good evening!








Adam Fuss

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