I honestly inspire to be the these people: to be rich enough to have enough art for my own personal art gallery of only the things that I like. I was wowed by the art included in the collection and absolutely loved the backstory behind the name of the gallery, based on the building's history as a bottling facility for Try-Me Soda. I was also very appreciative that the collectors, Pam and Bill Royall, were more interested in contemporary art and were interested in art that was empowering minorities and women, an agenda which I wholeheartedly support.
Right when we walked in, I was ecstatic to see multiple pieces by Kehinde Wiley, an artist which I have come to appreciate more and more for his content and style. After being instantly captured by the vivid colors and patterns of his work, I was able to actually look around the area, glimpsing the work of Mariko Mori shown in the middle picture. In the light of the store, they were almost glowing and the reflections, or should I say refraction, of light shifted as you moved around the piece, giving the very heavy, very large blacks of acrylic a lightness and fluidity. Towards the end of the tour, we learned about the Philadelphia Wireman and his work, which I found incredibly interesting. I could almost picture this mystery man fiddling with wire and random objects in a corner of the abandoned building and making these pieces, a rather sad image as the world would never discover who he was. Anyway, his art really inspired me and I love how compact the little sculptures are but how complex they are too. They may not have had any intended content to the person making them, only to keep their hands and mind busy, but they have made a significant impact in the art world. I really love how they aren't particularly beautiful or aesthetic, but the sculptures have their own little style and funk that make them so intriguing to the viewer. I really had a great experience at the Try-Me Gallery because of how all of the pieces all seemed to have a flow from one to the other, creating an energy within the gallery that only made the art more interesting. I loved the art that had been collected because I find the more contemporary and slightly more unusual works more interesting than the tediously painted or drawn ones done by more traditional painters because these seem to be like mental puzzles to be unlocked. I really hope to return to the gallery to have a little more time to look at the pieces and learn more about the artists but this trip was a really fun peak into the collection.
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AuthorNatalie Kim is a senior at MLWGS who likes to do art, take pics, and pet puppers. Archives
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