Chelsea Galleries Reaction

      The art galleries in Chelsea had a lot of work I liked, some I would love to own or even collect. Some on the other hand left no impression at all and some I’ll be happy not to see again. The David Zwirner Gallery on 533 West 19th St was my favorite and Sonnabend gallery on 536 West 22nd St was my least favorite.
      Yan Pei-Ming’s Exhibition Black Paintings at the David Zwirner was my favorite. I would personally own all of his works if iI could afford too. The wide quick brush strokes, the monochromatic color schemes, all attract me. The painting “All Crows Under The Sun Are Black!” is just amazing I fell in loveWith it. I don’t know why but it mad me think of “Meadow Road to Pourville” by Claude Monet. Its just that kind of painting that you can stare at Hours and you can see new things in the painting,  like poetry you understand it better the more you look at it. I wouldn’t say that collecting his work would be a good investment cause styles change and his work is kind of dated, it has very impressionistic elements which isn’t popular with everyone. I would collect his work to hang inside of my house or at work  but not for resale. Paintings like “Moonlight” and “All Crows Under The Sun are Black!” are timeless and speak to people.
     Gilbert & George’s Exhibition London Pictures at The Sonnabend gallery did nothing for me. It felt done, like I’ve seen it to many times on t-shirts, posters, sides of buildings. This style of collage has been done so many times that it lost all of its effect. Work like this should no longer be considered art but should be put in a class with coloring books and paint by number its fun but blah. I would walk by every piece and never remember a single one. “Shop” had to have been the worst But they all looked the same had the same concept. When art has instructions and it relies on the words in the paint to give the work a message it loses value to me. I wouldn’t hang this up at home or at the home of my worst enemy but its probably wise to invest in it crappy art sells and is worth more the art with meaning or that took hard work, time and thought to make.

Yan Pei-Ming
Moonlight, 2011
Oil on canvas
110 1/4 x 157 1/2 inches (280 x 400 cm)
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Yan Pei-Ming
All Crows Under The Sun Are Black!, 2012
Oil on canvas
110 1/4 x 157 1/2 inches (280 x 400 cm)
PEIYA0131

SHOP
2011
59 1/2 X 50 inches
151 X 127 cm