As I first entered the Peres Projects, I wasn’t instantly impressed. Everything was dark and painted black. There really was not much to look at other than a very pornographic image of a guy coming all over a girl’s face. But then you notice a shadow on the ceiling and wonder why it’s there. It starts to make out the gesture of a figure jacking off. It becomes clear that there are actually other things in the room, you just have to look for them. What I thought was just a stage-like platform seemed to be the canvas for the activities taking place in the shadow above. There were also large papers which viewers were welcome to take that read, “It doesn’t take much talent to come on the New York post”. Despite the work’s grotesque subject matter, it did have it’s charm with its humorous and almost dumb-like, seemingly effortless nature. The gallery continued downstairs housing large-sized photographic prints. Most of it was in black and white, with subject matter ranging from drug use/paraphernalia to street life/ graffiti art. The images were pretty powerful in placing the viewer into each situation. As cold and dirty as the situations within each image may have been, there was also something very beautiful in what they represented.
We are a group of Art students from the University of California Riverside who are attending a series of Art Galleries in several parts of Southern California. We have decided to use Blogger.com to post the pictures we take, and record our thoughts and opinions about the work we visit. You can find our critiques and thoughts on the work in the "comments" field, which appears below the pictures of the art.
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As I first entered the Peres Projects, I wasn’t instantly impressed. Everything was dark and painted black. There really was not much to look at other than a very pornographic image of a guy coming all over a girl’s face. But then you notice a shadow on the ceiling and wonder why it’s there. It starts to make out the gesture of a figure jacking off. It becomes clear that there are actually other things in the room, you just have to look for them. What I thought was just a stage-like platform seemed to be the canvas for the activities taking place in the shadow above. There were also large papers which viewers were welcome to take that read, “It doesn’t take much talent to come on the New York post”. Despite the work’s grotesque subject matter, it did have it’s charm with its humorous and almost dumb-like, seemingly effortless nature.
The gallery continued downstairs housing large-sized photographic prints. Most of it was in black and white, with subject matter ranging from drug use/paraphernalia to street life/ graffiti art. The images were pretty powerful in placing the viewer into each situation. As cold and dirty as the situations within each image may have been, there was also something very beautiful in what they represented.
-Drue-Ann
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