Noel-Baza Fine Art/India Street Gallery

I went here this afternoon to see Becky Cohen, best known for the photographs she made for Robert Irwin Getty Garden. She spoke about her work in progress and all the interesting photographs she did.
I love her photographs, those of the Palace of Versailles and the Gardens of Château de Vaux-​le-​Vicomte and of the unclothed human figure, where the image is equally made from both sides of the lens.
She is amazing and I’m glad I met her.
Thanks Tom for the invite, great food and wine.

Attended opening there the other night and it was so great!
God, much better and more enjoyable than Ray @ Night aka North Park Nights!
These folks really know how to host an opening.
This is a Fine Art gallery. There are at least 4 different areas/​small rooms where different Artists works are displayed from Paintings to Charcoal drawings, some watercolors and etc.
The show from the other night was an Artist from Romania who uses Oil and she had a good amount of work showing also.
I like how they display many varieties/​styles of different work from varying artists, still life, Pop Art, Contemporary, and so much more! However, very important is that I feel the pieces they select are very well thought-​out. It’s not like some group show where it’s just a mess of pieces put together… very well thought out and quality.
Spoke with one of the owners and he told me how he does not even like to carry Giclees because they prefer Original Artwork pieces!
All of the employees are very nice people.
Also interesting in some areas was my notice of how they displayed some of the artwork itself. A couple pieces were on things that looked like sticks almost. Another one was layed in the center of a clear frame, kinda floating.
They have some highly highly detailed drawings there! They have large pieces and tiny pieces that come displayed with magnifying lenses to check out.
Everything had such nice variety of fine art. It’s fine that there was no live music, no DJ or anything… just people enjoying the art and event.
The Opening they had served not only wine but also champagne and bottled water. Plus a whole table of foods and snacks ranging from very tasty wraps, to cheese/​crackers, a variety of nice cookies, veggies, and also they had lollipops and almonds… who knows what else… there was a lot.
It’s too bad their location is on the farther end and not nearer other businesses… Owner says because they don’t get so much foot-​traffic they host these events.
Sorry this review is written all crazy n stuff but hopefully you get the point/​feeling.
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