at the Leon Gallery on Gamboa st. There's plenty of artworks
lined up for bidding for the invited art patrons.
It seems like this auction house has been making great success
in locating treasured artworks and discovering new collectors
for custodianship.
Well if you did not receive an invitation you might want to
drop by to eavesdrop and enjoy brewed coffee. You'll love
the art crowd and the bidding excitement. Stay outside the gallery
for it's small one and the bidders are packed like sardines.
In the meantime new art galleries in the Glorieta area came
into being late last year hoping to get a share of the Christmas
giving and buying spirit. They're hoping to serve the collectors
in Makati and thus save them the inconvenient trip to Mega Mall.
The collections in these galleries at the Mega Mall and Glorieta
are mostly decorative art as opposed to the other kinds of art
like fine art. So if you're looking to decorate your wall these and
the other malls are your places to go to.
It seems like the art collectors here have a little problem
distinguishing fine art from decorative or illustration art.
They're all tuned to the basic primary colors. It's like there
aren't other colors. That is why if you made comparisons of these
art (decorative) to that of a Luna or Amorsolo one cannot
make a mistake... there's no comparison. But since the new
collectors don't have the funds to buy Luna or Amorsolo
they contend themselves of what is available.
Some of them couldn't even recognize a basic drape lesson
for a first semester fine art class and are pleased to show
drape studies as great artworks. Their figurative drawings
even have obvious anatomy errors but still buyers
are willing to pay a handsome amount for it, a very grave
indication of great lack of art knowledge. A fine art
student in the academy won't pay a dime for it.
So here is a great mixture of people with a little bit of art
knowledge, some with none at all and the older collectors
with wisdom to know even if the knowledge is deficient.
I'd say there's a long stretch of pavement to pound my friends.
It's probably a great time to organize the art collectors
with or without knowledge to a forum of distinguishing
fine art, decorative art, illustrations or comic book art.
They're not all the same. It's like there is tuyo, tinapa,
galunggong, bangos, tuna, salmon, etc. Or a yugo, corolla,
VW, Mercedes, etc.
Happy hunting for your art enjoyment!
catch you guys later.
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