I went to see some art galleries in Chelsea with a friend. We spent two hours walking around and it felt like we only saw 10% of it. Here are pictures I took:
Yumiko Kayukawa's "Higashi No Kamisama" Although very Japanese-cartooney, I liked the vivid colors and details to the sushi mmm.
self-explanatory. this exhibition along with the Japanese artist one are both from the Joshua Liner Gallery.
Another gallery with cool mobile art hanging on the ceilings, colorful ceramic, and small glass sculptures.
some paintings/2d art i liked, especially impressed with all those buttons!
3d art. the way that the trees were mounted on the wall to make deep shadows really caught my attention for awhile. the bottom two pieces are from a Korean contemporary art gallery owned by a Korean business conglomerate.
miscellaneous: the window of the "X" museum, and this awesome truck standing outside the street (and don't you love the blue bricks in the background?)
Then I walked to the FIT museum and saw Isabel Toledo's exhibition.
This is a must-see. You have to see the construction close-up to really appreciate the
art of her pieces. I was in love with the velvet dresses on display, beautifully draped together. You can find her collection at Barneys New York, and if you do end up purchasing her stuff I believe it is an investment and you are paying for something worth that much.
The first dress is laid flat and you can imagine how it would float over your head and wrapped around your body, almost like how in Cinderella, the Fairy Godmother twirls her wand and the sparkling dust twirls around to form a ball gown. The set of dresses are hand-painted by her husband, it started out as an accident when he spilled paint on her dresses, then she asked him to finish up.
Her construction is intricate yet very logical, pushing new ways that a dress could be constructed. Sometimes she uses no side seams, sometimes she puts together pieces like a mismatching puzzle, and sometimes uses folding like origami.
This is something you have to see in person to appreciate.
beautiful jellyfish tops. *pics from the FIT museum website
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