ATL Art Scene
Since I was in Odyssey of the Mind in 5th grade (yes, we thought we were cool!), I have always thought I was creative. Being in "Eagle" classes ("special" classes for those of us in middle school that were more creatively inclined, now I think it was just a way to protect our dorky bodies from the pummeling of bullies) made me think this even more. It has taken me a few years, but I think I may not be as creative as my 14 year old mind thought I was. Why do I feel like art is completely meaningless? Why do I feel like almost every art opening I go to it only confirms how ridiculously stupid art is?
Thankfully tonight wasn't like this. I actually enjoyed some of the pieces. We first went to TEW Gallery. We went there to see one of Walker's painter friends. She only had 2 pieces up this time so she isn't on their website but they said she will have a full exhibition in the summer. The gallery alone was beautiful. It was a 3-story house. Anyway, I am excited to see her other pieces. I'm not an art person at all so I'm sure I will describe it all wrong. They are painted canvases but she also stitched some parts. It was also cool because next to certain parts of the painting she had numbers and down below she had explanations of what was going on. I'll have to post a picture once I get ahold of one.
After that gallery we went to the Push-Pin show which basically meant artists paid $5 to put up some of their work. The work will be up for about a week and all items are available for sale. Most people had serious work but this one girl had a 4x6 snapshot of herself titled "Just Me" quotes and all. It was pretty funny and totally what I would have done. Now that I think of it, I should have put up a picture of my dogs, I could probably get at least $2...
Anyway, Walker is editing a video of the whole night and it will be up at Photo Awesome shortly.