Inside Out and Outside In on Nia

I had the opportunity of being a curator. I picked the topic, Inside Out and Outside In. Essentially how others perceive me and then how I perceive myself.  In the beginning I found it difficult to to pick images that i felt identified me and 2 times as hard to find artwork s on ho others identify me. I didn't quite know how others looked at me and I also had to be real with myself. i had to be honest that some of my qualities aren't always "presentable". The first 6 images I used to describe/represent my personality are unique. I didn't pick them because they were pretty. This project was a fun one it required a lot of thinking. The first six artworks describe how i perceive myself and the last 7 artworks are how i feel others perceive me. I took my time so the works are accurate. Here's my project I hope you enjoy.   

A beautiful crown from Central Asia made in the late 19th century early 20th century and a design for a canopy bed made by Charles Hindly and son describes my “princess” like mentality. I didn’t develop this on my own with the help of my dad and older brother who treated me like a princess all my life. I sort of develop this mentality.

      

The picture on the left on the young girl with her mouth open  created in Austrian, Vienna by Jakob Matthias Schmutzer expresses how much I talk and how opinionated I am. While the picture on the right by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout shows how much of a deep thinker I tend to be.

   

The picture above of the school children by Frances Benjamin Johntson shows how much I really love school. I’m really a nerd at heart I like to learn.

The party scene right above or in those times the square dance scene by Debbie Grossman represent my “wild side” I love school but when I need a break I hit up a party.

The picture above is The Jewelry of  Kievan Rus represents how I like jewelry, doesn’t matter whether its costume or expensive.  I like to shop.

                                                       

The picture on the left a 19th century Netsuke Mask of a man with curly hair with his mouth open represents  how sometimes  people take what I say the wrong way. I give off the impression that I’m mean or rude. The Chanel chainsaw on the right by Tom Sachs also represents how “cut throat” I come off when I’m trying to make a point or motivate someone.

                                     

The picture of the clown  by Walt Kuhn shows how sometimes I do clown around but people tend to always think I’m playing  but most of the times I’m being serious.  The two paintings on the left one of the happy face from the roman gallery  and the mad face on the left made in the 19th century represents how my family and friends  say I have “mood swings” . 

The Final  Art work by Carl Sprichon  shows a girl dancing represents how I am just me, no matter how you view me or how I view myself at times in the end I’m me

LES Galleries Field Trip 4

After I finally got the chance to make it down to the Lower East Side and check the galleries out I admittedly felt like a few of the galleries were a little more urban than the galleries in Chelsea. I would think being that it is the "Lower East Side" I've been there just to hang out a few times and its very diverse. People there have a unique sense of style ( not everyone) but most, so I figured the art galleries would pertain to people that consider themselves urban, hip, whatever. Not every gallery was urban, they had fine art galleries just like Chelsea. The difference in my opinion Chelsea had more Fine Art galleries and would be more appealing to people of a older crowd. 2feet12inches art space, DKCT contemporary are two galleries I saw that I can say was Urban and stood out that I don't remember seeing anything similar in the Chelsea Galleries. Some of the galleries were the same because the Lower East Side does have fine art galleries as well. I think the difference in the location as I stated earlier to me it a different vibe in the Chelsea galleries, more of a "high Class" tea sipping, fancy shoes and tie gallery event but the vibe of the Lower East Side is like pair of converse some sweats and a frappe and chill and check out some art. I think for some galleries Chelsea and Lower East Side do carry some of the same collectors but only for a few galleries. Most artist make more then one kind of art work, so maybe LES galleries carries a certain artist fine art collection while Chelsea carries a certain artist Contemporary work.