I feel blessed that there is so much art in my life.
Living in the Port-city has made it so easy, like the tide new works/exhibitions come and go. Often I am amazed by what I see.
On a related note a friend celebrated a birthday the other day and remarked it's a great journey this life we live. For me it was a reminder that life is not a single event, life is the sum total of all the events we experience. During the 1st Friday Art walk I stopped into ED Pollacks
"A Fine Thing Gallery" talk about sum total of life events, this place has so much going on, it lives an almost schizophrenic life in multiple dimensions.
Here is a little back story on Ed Pollack, he is an Antiquarian he's a passion for things unique and rare. In his gallery you'll find unique books, fine prints, drawings and objects d'Art that he has collected. There's so much going on in there I cannot list it all but, some of my favorites are the prints of
Claire Leighton,
Rockwell Kent &
Leonard Baskin.
Perhaps that is why I have a special interest in the current exhibition called "The Things We Carry" prints and other works on paper. It's by a woodcut/print artist from LA , not the LA in California the one in Maine,
Kyle Bryant native of Lewiston - Auburn. Kyle's took his art talent south and graduated in 2008 with a BFA from the Massachusetts College of
AHT , he's been round the world, exhibited in NYC and Boston , now it's here in Portland. Kind'a like a homecoming of sorts. Kyles perspective on art is very personal and his art explodes from his head into black and white that at times overwhelms not just in content but in awe inspiring huge format. Many of his images like the great print artist Baskin are massive for example "A long Break From Love" with a 7' high x 4' wide size. The drama and magnificence of the large format pieces is only trumped by the nuance and innuendo of the over lapping multiple images, the images of a unique mind. Many will be able to relate to the exhibit "The things we carry" as the events of life's journey do tend to pile up sometimes burdening us with memories, tasks, and things.
WHY GO SEE THE THINGS WE CARRY BY KYLE BRYANT?
BECAUSE YOUR GOOD MIND NEEDS GOOD ART!
Note the exhibit runs through June 25th so get there before it's gone...
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