Spring 2014 Exhibitions Opening Reception - Article Example

The event featured three visual artworks namely Uncertain Beauty by Darren Waterston, The Dying of the Light: Film as Medium and Metaphor done by a group of six American artists, and In Transit: Between Image and Object by Dike Blair, Hugh Scott-Douglas, and others. The venue was aptly decorated to capture an artistic mood as well as the American heritage through wall paintings, choice of curtains, stage arrangement, and arrangement of sits. Everyone was carried into the mood of the occasion by merely looking at the setting. The stage presentation of the various artworks marked the event's climax with their sophisticated stage coordination and presence. The themes of their works, Waterston depicts inequality and economic disparities in society, artists behind The Dying of the Light portray art and particularly film as symbolic work while In Transit explores a parallel between the physical movement of art and visual information flow engaged the audience in a super awesome manner. The audience was actively invited artistically to think visually about society, the impact of artwork on our cultures and entertainment as well as politics.

In my reaction therefore I conclude that the event was perfectly planned, timed, and executed. It is an important event to our art industry as people come to meet artists exhibiting their works on the live stage and therefore appreciate the potential of art in entertaining, educating, and highlighting society’s inefficiencies. Such events promote peace as people meet, enjoy together, and support the industry art together and as such should be encouraged at all costs. Security should also be heightened in venues of such events to bar ill-motivated individuals from interfering.