New York City art
galleries have their openings on Thursday nights. I have on idea
why. There used to be a while bunch of galleries along one stretch of
Broadway. You didn't really need to know which galleries were
having openings, you just walked around looking for people with
plastic tumblers and checked to see where they were coming from. On
a good evening, if you started early enough, you could tank up on a
meal of cheap wine and fairly good cheese. Sometimes crackers. Or
sometimes it was the other way around. After a few openings it didn't
usually make much difference. But there was a whole gallery scene
down there. I knew one guy who actually taught a course at the New
School on visiting gallery openings. It was a place to meet. And to be seen. The
art rarely played a part in it. And if the cheese gave out, Chinatown was nearby.
The
galleries have mostly moved to anther neighborhood that is nowhere
near as interesting. And a pain to get to. But there are a few new
places on the Lower East Side. I went to an opening last night at a
gallery on the Bowery. I remembered the block from a New Year's Eve party a hazy long, long time ago, in a loft, with very cheap wine. I didn't try the gallerie's wine, but the cheese was
only passable. The crackers were good. The art sucked. On the way
home, I found this wall and it turned into a wonderful evening.
Should you be near the corner of Houston Street and Bowery, you can
see it there. It is yet another one of the reasons I continue to
love my City:
2 comments:
Love the image, Maury. What camera did you shoot that with. The dynamic range in the image is incredible. (And as always, your composition is exquisite. Botsko
Thank you, Tim! Camera is my 'vintage' (2012 or thereabouts)Fuji X-10; they have since 'upgrade' 3 or 4 so this one is vintage. Also cheap on eBay. Well, cheaper, anyway. Search this blog for 'X-10' and there is my post and stuff on it.
'Dynamic Range' stuff is easy: just like film, you expose for highlights and develop for shadows? Or is it the other way around? I always get the technique confused. And since you don't really develop on account of there is really nothing to develop, so the rest is easy.
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