Hello all, Jessica here reporting live from San Francisco
over the Memorial Day weekend. My holiday was spent touring around China Town,
Alcatraz, riding cable cars, and more. While walking back to the Clift hotel
after grabbing an espresso with my boyfriend, I accidently encountered
beautiful 3D art from a gallery called Tangent Art on 373 Geary Street between
Powell and Mason. Above are some of the pieces I was able to view from the
gallery by the artist.
While unable to enter the gallery due to it closure on
Mondays, I was able to get great view from the street. The piece to initially
catch my attention had to be the 3D brown package painted on the left corner of
the wall that seemed to be almost sticking out as if a gift for me. I was
amazed by the way the painting wrapped around the edges over the frame creating
fullness that made the objects appear floating on the wall.
The artist of the wrinkled
packaging, Yrjo Edelmann hails from Helsinki, Finland. Born in 1941, he is
known for painting realistic depictions of packets, napkins, old wrapping
paper, and things alike even though he began as an illustrator. His style of
art, known as Trompe l’oeil is a method in which the artist makes it difficult
for the human eye to distinguish between a real object and a painting.
Yrjo Edelmann, in his paintings
plays with color, shape, proportions, and shade, challenging our senses,
blurring the lines between reality and the dream state. His play on value
creates depth beyond anything I could ever hope to achieve in my own artwork
and that it why something so simple as a wrinkled package was the main show
stopper for me. Of course there was other beauty in the gallery. More complex
items in a sense, yet nothing captured me as much as this one did.
A few of the other pieces that
stood out were artworks of a boxes of candy by waiting to be picked by hungry
hands by Peter Anton, a landscape far in the back of the gallery pointing
outwards towards me by Warner Friedman and a sculpture by Carole Feuerman that
appeared realistic to every last detail including the water droplets dotting
the skin.
If you’re ever in downtown San
Fran, feel free to drop by this gallery and prepared to gasp for air at the
seemingly effortless beauty created by these artists.
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