A Visit to the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors | Wappinger, New York |
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors is an exhibition of the life work of Alex and Allyson Grey. This art gallery is a transdenominational church that was given a home in Chelsea, Manhattan in 2004, where it grew in popularity for some years. In 2009, the artistic partners were inspired to build a permanent chapel in the Wappinger area of the Hudson River Valley, on a 10,000 acre swath of land, where they now live permanently. In 2013, they began fundraising to build Entheon, a 3-story, 12,000 foot gallery space, whose name means "a place to discover the creator within". The current art gallery is housed in a sprawling guest house, and holds the individual and collaborative paintings and sculptures of Alex and Allyson, as well as many other artists in residence there. It became a spiritual mecca and public space which hosts ceremonial celebrations during the Full Moon and Seasonal Equinoxes of the year (an average of 18 public gatherings yearly), which feature music perform...
I think all your pictures taken for this assignment were very well taken and definitely reflected the elements and principles that you chose for them. As I said in my own blog, so many principles and elements can be found in every artwork, sometimes they do focus on just a few but often the viewer can argue that they see more, which may not have been intentional by the artist. I think it was very creative that you took all your images in the same place, goes to show that you can find these elements and principles just about anywhere you look.
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