While out doing the galleries last night ( I do them on Thursdays ) I was glad to catch up with Rare Gallery, which is quickly becoming a favorite. Their openings typically seem to be on Saturdays but they have their doors open on Thursdays sometimes, so I was able to catch up with them. They had another great show up by Artist Johnston Foster.
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- paws
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- pizza
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- pizzaslice
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- shark
I was struck by the timing of this exhibit. I am walking around, as we all are, with these horrible images brought to us by our friends at BP and feeling sick about the whole nature vs man thing and this exhibit has the same themes running through it… industrial materials that create mutant animals ,and man’s disregard for other life forms on this planet.
I also flashed on a memory I had had and shared it with the gallery director. I remember when I was visiting Shanghai I was involved in something that had most of my attention and I was rushing to get somewhere when I happened to pass a blanket on the side walk , kind of like those blankets people put out to sell their belongings , seemingly to raise drug money, and i noticed on this blanket there seemed to be a tiger paw cut off and for sale. I couldn’t be sure if I imagined that , but i thought it was strange. Turns out , that’s what it was ! and it’s not so strange !! They sell them all the time like that . It makes me so sad the way we treat out animal kingdom neighbors …. ahh sad note but go see the show at Rare – it’s worth it . Rare Gallery