Chelsea Galleries Reaction

For our fifth field trip we went to Chelsea Galleries located in downtown Manhattan. Currently on view many artist are presented their artwork for good investment.This really was a new experience for me because this exhibition is drastically different from the others I have seen in others museum with a different perspective. We were instructed by our professor to write a reflection about our visit.

Chelsea Galleries is an interesting place for people who love art and who can afford to buy any art they may like. I would like to have an art work from Chelsea galleries if I have enough money. Irfran Onurmen art work grabs my attention. I like most of his art work. I choose two of his art work one is about the crime watching and other about soccer game. He used new techniques to create his art work. He placed a four or more pieces of material on parallel to design a tulle clothes. I preferred the soccer one because it’s my favorite game.  These art works has a tree dimension view when you see it from far which makes his work unique.

  David Opdyke had different technique that he used to create and presents his art works. Some of his artworks were well designed. These works were perfectly installed. However I didn’t like two of his art work. A painted plastic folk, wood and Cast urethane plastic were the two of his art work that I don’t think meet requirement to be presented especially in Chelsea galleries. These art works are very simple. I don’t why he consider them as an art work. For example we only use these plastic tubes to make connection for water under sink. I don’t understand why his work should contain these materials. I strongly believe that these two pieces are not worth to be placed in Chelsea galleries.

Lastly, a Chelsea gallery is a real challenge for many artists to express their ideas. For a better investment artist should create a unique interesting and easy artworks for people to understand

Irfran Onurmen

Crime Watching

2006-2012

Irfan Onurmen

Soccer

201

David Opdyke

Painted Plastic, Flock, Wood

2012

David Opdyke

Cast Urethane Plastic

2012