A Surprise Exhibition
I knew about this exhibition and wanted to visit it at any cost. So this morning I made time and stopped by the exhibition room to have a look and take photos as well. It is a special one, but at this point I won't tell you why. Just bear with me, look at the paintings, form an opinion and at the bottom of the post I'm going to reveal the reason why I saw this one as special.
This was the first scene I saw when i stepped into the gallery.
And I think I can't keep the secret till the end of the post, so I'm telling you now what it is. The artists of this exhibition are high school students, in their penultimate year.
As I always say, I go in without any expectations, most of the time I don't even know who's the artist or artists and that's the best approach if you ask me. Here, I knew the artists are teenagers, school kids if you like, so this changed everything. It's not like I had any expectations, but it made me more curious. There were 15 artists exhibiting, each of them with several artworks.
This was the first one, an interesting illustration of a medieval city, with a tall tower.
I need to mention that the paintings had no title, so it was again a guessing game, I mean leave the viewers decide what they see or what they want to see.
At this point I was thinking maybe they got a topic, possibly abstract and that's what they illustrated on canvas. The poster said nothing, the exhibition had no total, so ti was a total mystery. But I was wrong. The arrangement of the paintings made me believe that.
What do you see here? Can you describe it?
Or here?
I loved the one on the top, with the houses.
I have to confess, I've been to a bunch of exhibitions, in big European cities as well, but I've never seen any, like this.
A nice still life from the times when electricity was not yet invented.
And this is the part, where I can't upload the next photo. I understand it's a temporary thing, but it's getting annoying and time consuming. Trying, failing, trying, failing. I'm not used to wasting time with this game.
Another still life, an interesting way of illustrating those items.
Another still life, a different style. I've seen a lot of still life paintings, but never such one. I love it by the way.
And another special one. I have a thing for artworks that contain old newspaper. I can't explain why, I don't know, it's just a thing I like. This newspaper, or magazine was not just any paper. It was written in Hungarian and it was about time and duration. It was a very good idea.
This is the first part, but not the last one. Stay tuned as there's more to come. I hope you can find one you like. Maybe it's just me, but I was glad to see so many young talents. I hope in a few years I'm going to see more amazing paintings from them.
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I find your photo more artistic with the doors aligned, you see that I don't really know about the paintings! ahahah 🤡😝
Hey there, welcome back, nice to see you!
Yes, I took a few shots of the gallery, (how can you not, when there are so many cool angles), as I could not miss the opportunity 😁
No worries, I'm not a painting expert either 🙈
They are really amazing to my untrained eyes. I like the still life's the most. I am with you, the one with the newspaper was really cool. I am not one who is educated well in the arts. I took a course in art literature once, but don't remember much at all. It is much like music to me. I don;t know how to play it, but I know what I like to listen to. Same with art. I don't know what goes into making it, but I know what I like to look at. 😀 These kiddos did a great job in my book.
No worries, I'm not educated either. You at least took a course, I didn't, so you have an advantage as you most likely know more than me :D
However, I kind of know what goes into making it as I tried something very simple and blew it twice, so the amount of frustration that comes with creating art is not low. I agree, these kids must be amazing and I'm glad they are so talented as most likely I'm going to see their future work somewhere.
Wow! This post really struck me! I'm not an art expert, but I recognize the effort and talent of these young kids. I also recognize your talent and passion for highlighting them! Many, many congratulations to you and to them too!
@ilpaso was right to recommend you ;)
Ciao, piacere di conoscerti e grazie mille 😀
I'm not an art expert either, I just go to exhibitions and admire what I see, take photos then share my experience on Hive. This was indeed a special one, as these are kids, basically young artists at the beginning of their career and you need to judge what you see accordingly, But I was really surprised as I loved most of the works.
Did Mattia recommend me? 😲
si si è stato proprio Mattia, mi ha parlato inizialmente di hive e di come funzionasse la piattaforma, e poi tra una cosa e l'altra mi ha mostrato il tuo profilo!
Benvenuto e fammi sapere se hai domande o se hai bisogno di aiuto.
Happy blogging :)
Wow I love those paintings , I was surprised when you mentioned that they were painting by young people or teenager . They looks like cubism painting the gender favorite of Picasso and Georges Braque. Great job!
You're right, teenagers. I was surprised too and very happy to have been able to visit.
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Thank you.
Talented bunch of young humans!
So it looks like they were asked to depict the still life in one of four genres?
I see Cubism (of course); Surrealism; Realism and Expressionism (Fauvism)
But I stand to be corrected. Always.
Nice project though, huh?!
I like the variety of techniques used in the paintings. The one with the fishes is my favorite, but this other one is great. It reminds me of the work by William Blake.