The Smell Of Fresh Paint

The title of the post is not click bait. When I stepped into the exhibition room at the first floor of the gallery, fresh paint was what I smelled. This is not something you experience going to exhibition. Most of the artworks are not recent, so the smell is long gone, but not in this case.

What you're going to see today is the work of the 11th grade students, their year end exam work. I'm not sure when they have finished the paintings, but it was definitely this year. Paint needs time to dry and even if it is dried, still smells like fresh paint for a while. So basically these teenagers from the art school, each year get a chance to exhibit their work at the local art gallery for free. Courtesy of the municipality, which is an excellent idea by the way as they need to start somewhere and if not locally, then where?

The reason I like these exhibitions is because you get to see new talents at the beginning of their career, styles that are not sophisticated, clean yet. It's a totally different experience.

None of the paintings had a title, so I could just guess what it was about, but having a look at the exhibited canvases, I bet one of the topics was still life.

This was another interesting still life, not just due to the colorful nature of the painting, but because of the objects the artist painted. You see the sewing machine, the boxing glove, which is a very unusual object on a still life painting, but there's a logical explanation for that and I am lucky to know the story first hand. I wrote a few words about it here. Long story short, I met the grandfather of the artist at the gallery and the nice man told me, this painting makes sense as his granddaughter is sewing and boxing as well, so I suppose she painted what makes her happy.

If you're following me, you know I've seen thousands of paintings and I'm always playing the "what did the artist want to say with this" game, but here, your guess is as good as mine as I have no idea what I'm seeing here. Literally no clue. So you tell me.

This is a classic still life, if there's such thing. What I mean here is that the theme is not an unusual one, but the execution is definitely unique. A painter's workshop. I like the colors, carefully selected.

I love taking these photos. Look how lovely the paintings look on the wall.

A still life about a painter's desk, but from modern times. Headset, paperclips ... you can see the clues that indicate the painting has its theme from our days. I love the softness of the table cloth and how the orange matches the light(ish) blue. Perfect choice in my eyes.

Arrows. You don't see arrows these days. Back in the day, when lighting was done with candles and still life was in vogue, arrows were used to hunt and also for fun, but not today.

This is like a riddle for me. I see the candle, which is almost a must, a mug, a drawer cabinet, but what's that on the table? Is it a painting?

This is another riddle to me. Is this a yarn maker's workshop? If it is, what does the mortar has to do with it? I'm confused here, but overall, I love it.

Here we're transitioning from still life to architecture. We don't know if this is an existing building of it's just fictional, but it is a lovely one.

What I love about most of these paintings is the not so soft execution. I noticed this last year as well and I see it as different and not as lack of practice.

The funny part here is, when I saw this one, I said ok, another painting in front of which I'm clueless. Then I looked at the artist's name and it is the same as the other one I mentioned at the beginning of my post 😂. There are similarities between the two paintings and in both you see two circles, but other than that ... I don't know what to say. So let's move on.

And we're back to still life, but not a simple one, but through a prism that is breaking light in a specific way. In this instance, the prism seems to be breaking the colors.

Another one, this time a kitchen theme still life. I must admit, I've never seen this style, at other exhibitions, so maybe this is a mandatory task they have to do at school?

Anyway, I hope you like this exhibition. You have two riddles in this post as well, so let's see who has an opinion, or some answers here. Let me know in a comment.

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