Bergamot Station Art Galleries
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Bergamot Station houses between 35 and 40 galleries that present a wide variety of art. In addition to the fine arts establishments (which make up the majority) there are a number of functional arts galleries offering imaginative variations on traditional objects such as chairs, lamps, and other furnishings. The galleries are mostly small and compact and are laid out in rows in long, low buildings. The visitor simply goes from one to the next with, for the most part, no indication of what type of work they contain. Each gallery is set up, however, to give a clear impression to visitors the moment they enter the glass doors. Usually one or two works are visible from the entry. While it is clear that the objects in the galleries are for sale the entire complex invites people just to look and enjoy themselves--along with those who are there to buy art. Almost every establishment features white walls, a very plain reception area, works numbered rather than labeled, and price/title lists available to consult. The majority of the galleries featured one or two artists and the work was often of very different types. But some featured exhibitions of single artists and others had groups of artists whose work was thematically related. The atmosphere of Bergamot station is relaxed and quiet and most visitors behave as if they were in a museum--whispering and staying out of each other's way so as not to interrupt anyone who wants to look at the work without interference.
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ration that is meant to turn ordinary genre paintings into ironic, meaningful art. Stripped of the dollar bills and the titles they would be nothing but rather mediocre pictures of people doing their jobs. Like the excitement supplied by all the splotches of vivid color and the crowding of the figures all these little ironic touches are unconvincing and seem to be intended to fool someone who only wants a picture of the stock market into believing that s/he is buying something more.
Another show, at the Gail Harvey Gallery, sticks close to a traditional genre, but the works are exciting and pleasing at the same time. The exhibit of the gallery's artists is called "Recent Landscape: Eric Aho, Sally Cleveland, Charles Field, Larry Gray" (20 March - 24 April (1999). The four painters work in similar,, but distinct, styles and the works in this show are all landscapes painted in a somewhat impressionistic manner, with swift brushwork, intense colors, and little sharp definition of objects. Most feature low horizon lines and a great deal of sky. Despite the uniformity of this description they are striking pieces and the distinct styles of the artists are very apparent.
One of the most interesting painters is Sally Cleveland.
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