A Unique Exhibit: Guns and Chandeliers

Posted on April 9, 2009 @ 3:29 am
by Mercie Hallow

Toys are known as a big part of a person’s childhood. Some adults even keep their toys in memory of a happy playful childhood and have their own young ones to have it. But what if there are toys that actually bring message of violence and death? Are they categorized as toys?

Chandeliers are light fixtures commonly seen in as an extravagant symbol in mansions or building that evokes class and refinement. The high electricity cost of a chandelier owning to its numerous little light bulbs is what makes it affordable to the upper society. Chandeliers carries with it warmth and elegance in a space. It connotes a rich and luxurious lifestyle. Chandeliers can come off as glass, bronze or even plastic. The intricate design on a chandelier makes it a pricey piece in relation to other lighting fixtures

In the newest exhibit in Baltimore, Maryland entitled Guns and Chandeliers: two painters showcase their art. The theme Guns will feature a rising awareness whether or not toy guns are allowable to be played by kids or not. Different images depicting kids playing with plastic guns will be displayed in the gallery. The images will evoke the long standing issues of guns being a symbol of war and demise and as a harmless toy being played with by kids.

The theme Chandeliers will focus different pictures of enchanting and elegant chandeliers in the different painting styles and strokes. The artist is projected to effectively communicate the atmosphere of elegance and refinement through paintings. The still life images reportedly look very real that one should resist touching it. Through these painting one is reminded of the social barrier existing in the middle of the rich and the poor.

The exhibit is a play of difference and contrast. One concept shows about robust play and onset of doom, the other refined and elegance and simplicity. Enthusiasts and art aficionados really look in amazement at these depictions of art that are very well painted while awakening and silently tackling deep social significances within.

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