Yin & Yang - Balance in Portland's art world!

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YIN & YANG  The ancient Asian philosophy the existence of opposites is perfection and necessary to create balance in an unstable universe.

A Perfect example of the Yin & Yang at work is happen'n right here in the Portland Maine with the current art exhibition in the June Fitzpatrick Maine College of Art Gallery by Tom Hall & the Yang to Tom's Yin is Angela Ferrari's "SCAPES" exhibition in the HOT SUPA' Gallery.

Ok so Tom Hall has a fantastic brain and some mad skills,  he makes it easy for guys like me to see a feeling!  His current show is Powerfully Apocalyptic!  His work is mostly large format black oil paint on white background, bold - stark - demanding your visual attention.  A piece that really caught me was a diptych called "Greenville" First off it's huge two 6' X 6' canvases Thats 72sq feet of viewing surface , it's a black hillside with a slash & burn'esk trees scathered on a slopping horizon.  Oh and then theres the varnish.  The painting is coated with a thick mostly translucent wash that gives the image a tan almost dirty old world feel.

Click to see Angela's "SCAPES" exhibit version

Now contrast that Yin Flow with the Yang : Pop the Champagne, sunny day, give me some psychedelic's,  hold on and tighten your seat belt work of artist Angela Ferrari.  (Maybe it's the Ferrari thing that hyped me up, but no I was hyped by the work before I saw her name.)   Angela's current exhibition at the HOT SUPA Gallery is titled "Scapes" and presents her take on many of Portland's recognizable landscapes.  Angela works with brilliant acrylic day glow paints,  I call her style (at least one of her styles) Electro-Alt-Indie-Neo-Cubism .  Call it what ever you want, I love her take on Portland's famous Flat Iron Building  (see right) and her water front Images scream of Portland meets the Wizard of  Oz and gets colorized for a new generation!

The YIN  Tom Hall at MECA's June Fitspatrick Gallery is in it's final days  so see it before it's gone.

The YANG Angela Ferrari's  "Scapes" is at the HOT SUPA gallery I hope forever!

Why get out and go see these two shows ?

Go because your good mind needs good art! 

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