George Rush, Darker with the Day

   George Rush's exhibit Darker with the Day consisted of 5 Paintings, all were the same relative size. Meaning the same size canvas secured to the same size of wall. The paintings were monochromatic and depicted windows (in 2) and a still life of a table, chair and various containers (in the remaining 3). on the walls the paintings are mounted on the painting continues so to speak because there are many lines that look to represent tree branches.

   The first 2 paintings of just a window that were on the opposite sides of the same wall were just that opposites one put you in mind of looking out a window at night with the lights on outside. Everything was black excepts for the detail of the window and curtains hanging around it. Where as the other side of the wall had the like day time version. The remaining 3 pieces were all of the same scene from different view points and what ever side of the gallery you started on as long as you went around the room it was like walking around that table.

   Everyone that was viewing the work seemed to be gathered in the center of the gallery, having equal distance from each piece and standing far enough away to view the entire piece (wall and mounted window) as a whole. There was one couple that I watched and I found it very interesting that they chose to view the piece from closer up and were examining  the detail in the table and the containers. Had they not done it I probably wouldn't have taken a closer look to and noticed that all the objects have a very modern feel to then like something you would see sitting in a modern home.

This exhibit I wont lie did not seem that appealing to me when I first walked in because on the plain  window view. It was so dark and depressing, lacking a lot of info in my opinion. the lines on the walls to me made no sense at first and I really had to step back and take shove my opinions aside to take it all in. Granted I still can say this was not my favorite show but the art has more meaning then I originally thought. The use of the negative space in that first window draws so much attention to the actually window itself, it seems so realistic. This detail was a very surprising thing in each painting, very life like. I still would have to say I didn't really enjoy it as a whole but it was interesting to view up close. I didn't really understand the point of having the tree branch's on the walls with the windows being a view from inside a space looking out.