Tuesday, January 27, 2009

art for art's sake!

Clubbing isn't the only thing that I do in Second Life. I love art and SL is a paradise for artists and creators. Anything your imagination can dream of, you can probably create.

ZACCH COLE AT ZEUGMA

Zacch sent a special invite to Zeugma Gallery featuring Troy Vogel's beautiful Mission influenced architecture. Like Frank Lloyd Wright, Troy has created a beautiful light-filled space. He is a premier builder in Seccond Life.

ZEUGMA GALLERY AND TROY VOGEL

Gallery hopping takes a lot longer than visiting clubs. Both of us love to look and then discuss each piece. If one captures our attention, then we are talking about it for at least an hour. So most of these pictures were taken over a course of a week.

Gallery Lemonodo Oh sent out a shout for (3) artists Soldinotte Allen, Zhora Maynard and gallery owner Lemonodo Oh. This is a fabulous gallery with sophisticated artwork. We were there all night just absorbing the artwork. Three levels of art, so make sure you check each floor.

LEMONODO GALLERY

One of the pieces also had a link to the Argonaut Art Gallery where we found Maryva Mayo's artwork. I was there for hours. Beautiful sculptures, beautifully scripted.

MARYVA MAYO AT ARGONAUT ART GALLERY

A few days ago, we went to The Aho Museum which houses some of the finest sculptures and artwork by very well known artists. Starax is there along with many famous art world names. The entire afternoon and night was spent there. So much to see!

ART AT AHO MUSEUM

A stop off while we were exploring sims took us to Ode. This is a very minimalist sim. A series of floating retail and gallery is there among rocks and ocean. No razzle dazzle, just ocean and rocks.

Random Calliope created WorthWhile, a retail/gallery. But, it was there that we found the Imagine Peace group and "But I'm Not the Only One" jewelry piece. You can read about that at The A List! blog. We also ended up spending a few hours just sitting on a rock, talking and meditating on the beautiful expanse of ocean. Very zen-like atmosphere.

IMAGINE PEACE

On a sad note, member Chuckmatrix has recently closed his gallery. His work is emerging and is strong. I think I purchased the majority of all the pieces there. I am hopeful that he continues his art in Second Life.

CHUCK MATRIX CMC GALLERY

Here's a landmark to Chuckmatrix's CMC Gallery. The prices have dropped so drastically; this is art worth grabbing while it lasts.

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