November - First Friday

I attended First Friday last friday and wanted to talk about the exhibit in 1708 Gallery, which completely amazed me. I had heard from a couple of people that the show was incredible, but it was not until i walked into the gallery that I was in total amazement. I could not really understand what the big piles of white grain were on the floor, until I overheard someone talking about it. Then I was just in a state of confusion because I could not understand how the artist screenprinted images on very fine grains of salt. I walked around and studied the images for a long time, not even paying attention to the work on the walls. It was so neat to look down in a gallery instead of staring straight in front of you at the wall. I loved the dim lighting and the mellow mood the entire gallery presented right as I walked in the door. I was really impressed with this show because a lot of the times I have a hard time liking or understanding most of the work 1708 shows. However, Young Kim: Portraits in Granular Salt and Red Clay Powder, was very impressive.