CVA went on another trip to two galleries in Auckland city. The 1st gallery we visited was the ART SPACE gallery which had an exibition on Laresa Kosloff, an Australian who llives in Melbourne had some of her work based on the theme "moving image". She used large rectangle objects which were in white to clearly visualise the screening of videos, she also use a 32 inch rectangular clear glass hagging down from the ceiling as one of her screens. I thought it was an brilliant and amazing idea cause it got that illusion with a screening on negative space. I was really amazed by her work as an artist.
The next gallery we visited was the WHITESPACE CONTEMPORERY ART gallery also within Auckland city but was really a bit smaller. One of the artists that caught my attention was Meredith Collins who had all her painting in "oil on Canvas". The main reason why I liked her work is because she based her work on potrait painting. I really like realistic potrait cause of the realistic, detail and emotions/feeling she put on each of her paintings. the use of tone and shadows with a use of white to bring out some light shows viewers how artist can play around with shadows and bring out an amzing image out of it.
