Pulse Art Fair

Today we had the pleasure and the privilege of attending the Pulse Art Fair of 2013. Being able to tour the Pulse Art Fair as students was an honor that none of of will soon forget.

After flashing our VIP passes to got into Pulse we all went our separate ways to enjoy the our very first art fair on our own. 

While it was difficult not to become overwhelmed by the immense amount of art before me, I decided to slowly drink in the experience. I went from booth after booth soaking up the whole experience while looking for art that caught my eye or intrigued my mind and found several pieces I fell in love with. 

The Pulse Art Fair is an enjoyable maze of art and around every corner is always something new and exciting with different people to discuss the art with and learn from.

My favorite pieces were William Betts beautiful acrylic paintings at the Richard Levy Gallery location.

Untitled 2:56pm William Betts

 I also really enjoyed the first booth we got to look at with large busts of famous composers made out of old  literature and other cultural texts such as art magazines and textbooks. They were both visually and mentally stimulating with the skilled craftsmanship as well as the deep conceptual meaning behind the pieces.

Bach Long-Bin Chen

Detail

A great opportunity the Pulse Art Fair presents is the ability to talk to such variety of people including gallery owners, dealers, collectors, and the artists themselves. A few of us had the opportunity to speak with one of the artists represented by Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Michael Zelehoski. Having the ability to talk to the actual artist is important to anyone who appreciates art because it offers the ability to hear the artists thoughts and motives behind a piece of art. Had I not had the chance to speak with Zelehoski I may have walked past his pieces without knowing the meaning and motives behind them. Zelehoski made me take a second look at his pieces and take not the they were actual shelves and wood from discarded objects arranged on the canvas to resemble the objects they were made from like a bench or a chair.

Intersecting Planes Michael Zelehoski 

I can't wait to take full advantage of our VIP passes and return to the Pulse Art Fair soon.

-Maggie Zurbruegg-Ramey