I haven't been back to the arts district during these colder months for a walk around the galleries. It was great to go out briefly last night and peer in at all the windows, and check out one of the galleries with the class on our way to dinner at the golden horse restaurant (classicly delicious). It seemed like most of us became quickly overwhelmed in the gallery we stopped in at which featured a bunch of 4' by 5' posters of peoples faces... but the faces looked very peculiar. It turns out they had been photographed while hanging upside down, and then the photograph was turned right-side-up. So people's eyes were bloodshot, their bodies may have been a little offcenter, and their cheeks were strangely risen without them making any facial expression to cause it to happen. I thought they sort of looked like they were all on drugs of some sort... or else like they were dying! It was sort of creepy, and in a very crowded gallery, it was a lot to take in!
The rest of the guests may have been enjoying their wine and oreo cookies while perusing the drugged-out portraits, but our class only lasted so long in the overwhelming environment. When overwhelmed--take to china town and eat lots of good food together at tables! :)
Still it amazed me how many more galleries there were, I've been to first thursday many times but had never been to the galleries we found on our walk to china town. its inspiring to see how much art is being produced and viewed by others, no matter how quirky and strange the art may be! Going to the galleries really opens your perception in ways that the average walk down the street doesn't afford. It's nice to be engaged in that culture--for free, on thursdays!
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