Friday: Ruthanne, Terry and I went downtown this morning to view some of ArtPrize23. This is the last weekend of the exhibits--in fact, they are announcing the ArtPrize winner tonight!
In order to really experience ArtPrize you have to be able to walk quite a distance--the entries are spread all over downtown in various venues. I decided that it would be best if we could take in as many entries in one location as possible--so it was the DeVos Place Convention Center that we went to. I looked up parking on the internet and found a lot off of Lyon that was supposed to be available and went right under the Center--but we never did find that address and ended up parking at an Ellis lot up the street a bit.
I didn't take many pictures--it was just too crowded to do a good job with photography. No one wanted to move out of the way ... and who wants pictures of art with strangers pressed up against them? Not I!
The convention center is HUGE. It was fun just to walk around and look at all of the art--some very cool stuff! A few of the "finalists" were here too. Ruthanne and I have similar art tastes. We're not crazy about random sculptures that we can't understand, and abstract paintings are not our favorite either. But there were some very interesting pieces of work that we did see. This little giraffe was beautiful made and sparkled. I couldn't get close enough to read about the artist or what it was made from.
The pictures below is made of SAND !!
We were specifically looking for this entry (below). A woman was baptized at Calvary Church last Sunday morning--with such a wonderful testimony of God's grace in her life--she mentioned being thankful that one of her paintings was accepted into ArtPrize this year! We found it! She does something called "flow painting". This particular painting is of scenery in and around Painted Rocks in the U.P. Her use of color is very beautiful, isn't it?
This entry (below) was actually a series of portraits, perhaps 7 or 8 of them all in a row. If you were close to them, all you could see was squares, like pixels; but as you backed away, the face became more clear. I don't know how people create stuff like this and I admire it.
This exhibit made it into the finals. I didn't get to photograph my favorite one of Stonehenge. You could look inside of it and see the light gradually cast its shadow--just like the real place in England. I thought these were very impressive pieces.
We wound our way through the connecting "bridges" from building to building and finally ended up at the old Pantlind Hotel (now part of the Amway Grand). I wanted to show Ruthanne these gorgeous chandeliers. There were ArtPrize entries in the lobby, but I didn't photograph any of them. Again, it was just too crowded. Lots and lots of school children from elementary age through high school doing assignments based on the art they viewed.
Outside of the hotel, we walked on Pearl Street to the river. We were going to cross over and see what was going on at the Gerald Ford Museum, but the wind had increased and we were too chilly. We had eaten a very enjoyable lunch at Ucello's and just wondered if we could find more art concentrated at one location.
In the past, there have even been works of art IN THE RIVER--really cool stuff--but we did not see anything today. We took the long walk back to the parking garage and went home! I'm glad we did see at least a little bit of ArtPrize. It's really fun to see what people can create with the gifts God has given them. Some of it is truly weird and I can't figure out what the artist was thinking ... but still ... it's always interesting to try!
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