The Chelsea Gallery

Here is a link to the Chelsea Gallery: http://chelseagallerymap.com/

This is a website that exhibits artists and galleries in Chelsea, New York. It has a great variety of these, and one such artist that I found particularly interesting was Robert Longo (http://www.metropictures.com/artists/robert-longo).
His art is very captivating; I especially like that so much of it is black and white, because it gives it a really interesting, vintage, and almost ghoulish appearance sometimes. The contrast really draws the eye. He has a lot of pieces that feature animals, I've noticed he has a particular affinity for sharks. Otherwise he also depicts a lot of people, often in very wild, erratic poses as if they were dancing or free falling. I find these really amazing because he so well captures such wild movement in a still, lone frame. He also draws a lot of crowds, too, and quite surreal pieces. Like I said, they look almost ghoulish sometimes. In the Chelsea Gallery, some of his art has a political meaning; he depicts cops in riot gear, and an American Flag dedicated to Howard Zinn. He uses all sorts of media, but the main ones are drawing, often in charcoal and photography . He sculpts as well. His art is extremely fluid and I quite like it.















This example below is my favorite; it looks so misty and ghostly. Call me predicable, I guess.