The purpose of art
is washing the dust
of daily life
off our souls.
- Pablo Picasso
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Van Gogh, on self-doubt
"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
- Vincent Van Gogh
Writers' commentary on Fridge Art
"Despite all the masterpieces I’ve seen in museums and galleries, I finally fully grasped the value of art. Art exists to remind us of the beauty we forget about while attempting to maneuver through the difficulties in life. Even if the art stands as a testament of our bad behaviors, it still magnifies the beauty we’ve disregarded."
Lisa Chesser in Refrigerator Art Changed My Life
And a Very Serious and Thought Provoking look at fridge art scene:
"Tad Tusnarky, an opinion writer...cautions that peoples understanding about Refrigerator Art is clouded by opinions that are not in alignment with his. He complains “It’s frustrating to see people who really know nothing about the whole Refrigerator Scene and haven’t done any reading about it in college trying to define it.'"
A Brooklyn Street Artist contributor in What Is Refrigerator Art? Important Insights
~ Welcome! Inaugural Post and Introduction
Welcome to the Egan Street Gallery
a virtual gallery featuring traditional fridge art
If you think a fridge-art gallery sounds crazy, you clearly have children. It's safe to say your fridge either is or has been overrun with brightly colored abstracts from your child's fecund hands. Not every fridge enjoys regular updates from future Pollocks and Picassos, though. While parents struggle with the sometimes staggering volume of art bursting forth from art rooms and play tables, fridges in childless homes suffer under the weight of a few lonely magnets, a grocery list, and the unbearable blankness of the fridge front. It's a sad state, which is why we decided to remedy our plight by actively soliciting fridge art from friends with children.
Over the years, our fridge has sported the vibrant creations crafted by various children in our lives. The colors,
the imagination, the recklessness, and the glorious audacity that goes
into a kid's artwork make them all real treats for us.
After a while, it seemed hardly fair to keep them to ourselves, so we asked around to make sure it was okay with the young artists and their parents if we post them in an online gallery. Everyone whose art appears on this blog gave us her/his blessing.
While the Egan Street Gallery primarily serves to exhibit received pieces, we hope it also inspires young artists to go to their drawing pads and share their newest visions with us (and our fridge). Rest assured, young artists will find our jury process generous and the jury grateful. It is our hope that we can occasionally host artists and their parents for an installation of new works of art (we supply the fridge magnets, obviously). We just have to work out what red wine goes best with homemade chocolate chip cookies....
So don't be shy. Submit your pieces for consideration, and our giddy gallery curators will send a formal letter of gratitude in reply.
Or just poke around our current and past exhibits where you will find the joyful and imaginative offerings of our young friends.
Thank you for checking in on us!
Cheers,
msn
Curator and Jury Member
of Egan Street Gallery
(a.k.a.: Auntie M.)
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