The "private viewing" of "With An Open Mind" an exhibition by the group ,Canvas Caribbean, opened at the Fine Art Gallery in Woodbrook, Trinidad.
As anticipated, the opening night was abuzz with excitement as artists and patrons hobnobbed with each other and nudged their way among the guests that crowded the gallery.
I love opening nights. It's a great opportunity to unobstrusively observe the viewers' response to one's work. It's also scary.......the prospect of negative reviews.......but then , how else does one grow?
Another great thing is that one is able to see how a particular work looks in the midst of others, done by disparate artists.
The disadvantage though is that one's capacity to truly gaze at a given piece is limited because a "private viewing"is just too public. Any art lover will tell you that a certain degree of privacy and solitude is necessary in order to "communicate" with the work on show. A subsequent visit is therefore necessary in order to truly analyze one's response to the exhibit.
I must therefore reserve my comments until I have had the opportunity to pay a second visit to the gallery.
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