RE: First Fridays are going strong

TJ_Reynolds

November 14, 2007 by TJ_Reynolds in response to First Fridays are going ...

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al7225:

It wasn't that I don't enjoy certain types of art; it's that I felt these particular pieces weren't done very well. Of course it's my opinion. And one cannot really argue someone's opinion; all they can do is state theirs and try to back it up. I love the Murphy, and I think there's only been one opening at Alias I haven't attended. If you paid attention you see that I had actually purchased some artwork from the gallery the month before. And I bought work from another gallery, this month. I support the scene, and an important part of supporting a scene is thinking critically, believe it or not.

Granted, Alias is a gallery that presents "street art" as "fine art," with canvasses on the wall and all. Therefore, it cannot be judged as street art alone. But what do horror and slasher movies have to do with Dia de los Muertos? That makes me think people don't have a very clear understanding of that holiday.

It is a cop out to say something was "not meant to be analyzed…" If you have work up for a first Friday opening, it should be done well, because people are spending their time to come and look at it and possibly purchase it. Everyone who looks at a work of art automatically analyzes it to some degree. One shouldn't dismiss art saying, 'This is just for a calendar." etc. It is by not holding ourselves to a standard that our art scene suffers. And by putting any work into a gallery, especially on a First Friday tour, you are opening yourself up to varying opinions and reviews. I know I wasn't the only person under whelmed by the work in general.

By the way, you don't have to wonder who is doing the reviewing. That is my real name, and those are my real opinions. From your opinions (and defensive stance), I'm willing to guess you have some personal steak in one of the galleries, most likely running one…so your opinion is a little more biased than mine.

But thanks for reading, and I appreciate your commentary. Next time I'll try to only have six misspellinks.

See you next month…

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