So over the weekend, I had the time to finally visit some of the art galleries around St Augustine. I already work at one, and so many times customers have told me how different the work shown there is from what other galleries have to offer, so I was glad to finally have the opportunity to go forth and see what they had been talking about. The first two that I visited were ones that are, in my opinion, the most well-known in St Augustine, given their extensive collections and the notoriety of some of the artists who show in them. I've been tot he Cornerstone Gallery before, when it was still the Galleria del Mar, and I was disappointed to see that some sketches by Salvador Dali and Miro were no longer there. However, there were a couple of artists' work that I became very interested in: The first were works that appeared to be a sort of colored resin on glass, and created some beautiful imagery that looked like it was coming off of the surface. Some were very spacey and looked like that could have been supernovas, while others were more minimal and displayed drinks and such. The other works that I liked appeared to be scenes from a drive-in movie theater, where the audience was watching Star Wars. However, the screens seemed to be depicting collages of the the characters, rather than screen shots. I liked them not only because I love the Star Wars universe (except for episodes 1 and 2), but because the environment that surrounded the screen seemed to be another world. The colors were bright and captivating, and I liked the juxtaposition of space and the past. Next I went to the Cutter and Cutter Gallery, Brilliance in Color, and I found out where the Dali sketches had gone. Still no sign of Miro's work, though. Having been to the Dali museum in Tampa, i was a bit disappointed to see that the gallery did not hold a lot of works which really displayed his wide range of artistic talent. But that does not necessarily mean that what was shown was any less beautiful. There were also some beautiful paintings of female figures in indiscriminate spaces that I really loved by Josep Domenech. I felt that he really appreciated the female form and wanted to truthfully represent womanhood. He had an interesting balance between intricate detail and unidentifiable spaces, and his muted color palette really gave a sense of nostalgia tot he pieces. My favorite gallery that I visited was the Lost Art Gallery, which held works depicting a wide range of subject matter. Some took on amore classical approach, while others a more contemporary. There were photographs that I had seen a few months ago while I'd been working one day and a woman came in asking that her husband's work be considered for display, and while it did not work out with us I was pleased to see that this gallery had picked them up. The photographs depict life in Bulgaria and are formally very beautiful. I especially love one of a little girl who is proudly holding onto a chicken, as the stark value contrasts contribute to a sense of adolescent innocence and optimism.
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