Commercial Art Gallery Analysis

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Art within an art
Essay on consumption experience of commercial art
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Achala Sathyanarayana - 5 March 2017
“I imagine a masterpiece trapped within the clutches of my empty canvas, i paint to liberate it.” -Zi Peng. “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”- Pablo Picasso. Art to me has always been something that is used to make a place beautiful or just fill up spaces on a blank wall. Looking at a piece of artwork, always made me wonder the Artist’s inspiration behind the work because being a creatively handicapped person myself, I cannot imagine the colossal amount of creativity and commitment that the artist required to complete the piece. There is saying that art is not what you see but what …show more content…

First being the fact that I didn't know enough about ‘experiencing’ art. Second not knowing what to expect since I had never visited an art gallery before. I visited two commercial art galleries located at Old Hill Street Police Station. The first art gallery was the ReDot Fine Art Gallery. This gallery was completely dedicated to Australian & Indigenous Contemporary Art. Being the first ever art gallery I have ever visited, there were two things I was considering when I looked at the artwork, did I enjoy it and did it make me want to buy or possess it. Being honest, the artworks or paintings displayed were good but it didn't wow me which was what I was expecting. All the artwork displayed were by Australian artists and was very similar in appearance. This made me wonder if culture influences an artist’s creativity. This gallery made me realise that there is more to art than just decorative …show more content…

He believes in the balancing and harmonious effect of Jade, a stone which has held special attention throughout mankind and especially to the Chinese art, culture and history. Hence it is the “material muse” of his paintings. This made it clear to me that culture does, in fact, have an impact on the artist or his art work. The Jade series hyper-realistically captures the subject of his art. His art work showcases the traditional and modern culture combined together which he refers to as art within an art. His vibrant work of art is interesting as well as contradictory. At first glance, the featured subject is things we are all familiar with; a grenade, a coke bottle, a dog etc. but when we look closely, within these ordinary things is traditional Chinese art. Zi Peng has magnificently juxtaposed the concept of modern and tradition through this art series and using jade to do it has made these art pieces even more surreal. Further, upon careful inspection of the jade subjects, you can notice the mastery in the brushwork in the Chinese

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