“Public Art Reaction”

Public art is a gift to all of us from amazing talented artists who doesn't mind to share it for free. The greatest thing about public art is that it's accessible to all. New York is filled with beautiful artworks that you cannot just pass by. One of my favorite works of art in a public places is the “LOVE” sculpture on 6^th ave in Manhattan. I remember the first time I saw it I instantly “fell in love with it”.

The idea of this public artwork is very simple and deep at the same time. I think that Robert Indiana, the American artists who created this beautiful masterpiece just wanted to remind people that love is very powerful. I think that he also wanted to say that we can make each other happier by spreading free love and positive warming emotions that we experience when we love. Love can be different and what I like about this particular artwork is that it always reminds me of love being the key to everything! “LOVE” sculpture perfectly interacts with it's surroundings, especially in the center of Manhattan. The territory it's placed on has a plenty of space so people can even take group pictures with the giant sculpture. Every time I'm in that area I see people smiling and taking photographs with“LOVE”. Just a thought of how powerful this sculpture is in a sense of emotions it evokes in people makes it very unique and effective. I find this artwork to be a benefit to it's surroundings since I always looked at Manhattan as at business area that mostly has skyscrapers. This particular artwork brings only positive energy to that area and makes it even more popular and attractive to tourists and passers by. The “LOVE” sculpture could fit anywhere in the city. You can't go wrong with this artwork, it would benefit any area of New York by making people smile and enjoying taking pictures with it. We don't need more words to understand what this public artwork is about, each of us can find his own connection with it. We all need some free love in such a tough and sometimes even cold big city like New York and I would be honored to thank Robert Indiana personally for sharing such an amazing artwork with us.

Artist: Robert Indiana

Title: "LOVE" (Sculpture)

Medium: COR-TEN steel

Year: c 1970

“Chelsea Galleries Reaction”

Sometimes we look at a work of art and realize that we definitely want to have it in our apartment or house. For example when I'm walking through a museum and see a painting that I like I can even imagine it hanging in my living room or in a hallway of my house. This is when I decide that this particular artwork has a value, worth my investment and has to be in my artwork collection.

This time I would like talk about four different art works that I picked from Chelsea Galleries and look at them as if I were an art collector. The first two items I would like to talk about have their own interesting and unique style, and that's why they immediately caught my attention.

The color photograph "Perchten" from Yossi Milo Gallery's series “Wilder Mann” is a very fascinating piece of art. The reason why I would love to have it in my art collection is the idea and style of this artwork. A full-length portrait of a person wearing an animal skin makes this artwork very powerful. The massive figure of a beast or something that looks more like half animal and half human, reminds me of a character from some fantasy movie that I loved to watch when I was a child. Charles Fréger's work is definitely a good investment because of it's unique style and the interesting story behind it that you can create in your own imagination.

The second artwork that I chose for my art collection is "Persian Miniature"painting of a Romanian artist Adrian Ghenie from Pace Gallery. I fell in love with it's complex and abstract style which makes this artwork look even more realistic. The first time I saw it, it looked like a print work to me with an effect of layered, spilled paint. The way it was painted and the colors that were used on it made it look very pleasant to the eye. I would definitely hang this painting in my house right above the fireplace. It's a good investment in artwork that will make your room look cozy and comfortable.

The last two artworks unfortunately will never be able to get in my art collection since they evoked some unpleasant emotions the first time I saw them. They are simply don't worth me making any investments in because I couldn't find anything about them that I like.

Zhang Xiaogang's exhibition attracted my attention but it left me feeling a little unpleasant inside. The real size

sculpture of a baby painted in red made me think of a dead infant that was mummified. I doubt that I'll ever be able to understand the idea of this sculpture. The emotions I felt after seeing it wouldn't let me invest any money in it or keep it in my art collection.

I had the same reaction when I saw a sculpture “Cupid” by Richard Hughes in Anton Kern Gallery. I 'm not even sure if I can call it a sculpture since it looks like a little piece that was left from an original artwork. I would never buy this work of art. If I were to get it as a gift I would keep in my basement because It doesn't evoke any aesthetic emotions that real art is suppose to evoke within a viewer.

1. Yossi Milo Gallery

Charles Fréger

"Perchten,Werfen,Austria"

2010-2011

2. Pace Gallery

Adrian Ghenie

"Persian Miniature"

2013

3. Pace Gallery

Zhang Xiaogang
"Baby #1"
2013

4. Anton Kern Gallery

Richard Hughes

“Cupid”

2013