Exhibit: Alpha Art

Unfortunately, I am too poor to make my way into new york to take advantage of its seemingly endless expanse of galleries. Which is why I made my way to the Zimmerli, and this small art gallery called Alpha Art in downtown New Brunswick. I had no idea it existed until a friend told me about it, but I am glad I checked it out. The art featured in this gallery in some sense kind of relates to the Blocks of Color exhibit I saw in the Zimmerli, only in the sense that these also seemed a lot like watercolor paintings.

[Neptune's Revenge, 24 x 48" diptych, lacquer on panel, by John Hawaka]

Many of them are totally abstract paintings, with no real discernible pictoral representation of anything. However I really enjoyed the splash of colors across the paintings, some more than others, although I cannot really say exactly why I preferred some over others.

[Smokey Glen, 24 x 32", lacquer on pane, by John Hawaka]

Some of these paintings however did resemble familiar objects such as people or flowers, some more so than others.

[Blue Dahlia, 32 x 48", lacquer on panel, by John Hawaka]

Among all of these paintings were a few which featured a style drastically different from the rest, these in particular caught my eye as I walked around the gallery. They were like colored line drawings on a solid black background, and they almost seemed like neon lights glowing at night. The farther I stood from the painting, the more recognizable the paintings became.

[Girl with Cat, 36 x 48", acrylic, by John Hawaka]