De Gramont’s “light show” ended up being a bunch of large glossy photos, instead of the “Light Show” I was expecting – something interactive that exists at the gallery – but there was no light show.  I’m not really into color photographs of interestingly lit landscapes and citiscapes – I don’t mean to debunk it  - yet Arnaud De Gramont is just not my kind of artist.  I can’t relate to a bunch of glossy photos.

I’ll spend the rest of this post on Kate Shaw, a Melbourne artist who has won emerging artists awards.  I wish she had a different gallery here – I don’t think Luxe is the right place for her work.   Where you show work is an important consideration for an artist; when Kate Shaw gets more shows under her belt, maybe she’ll have a chance to pick a better gallery for her work here.

Kate Shaw’s pattern recognition paintings were actually pretty good with a innovative technique that was refined but not fake.

I’ll leave it at that.  If you go to the Luxe Gallery, go for Kate Shaw.  You can get the whole writeup about Kate Shaw at www.kateshaw.org

I’ll probably attend this show which looks pretty interesting.

Arnaud De Gramont, Light Show
Luxe Gallery
Midtown
24 West 57th Street, #505
212-582-4425
September 12 – October 7, 2006
Opening: Tuesday, September 12, 6:00PM – 8:00PM
Web Site

I’m not sure this photo relates to what Arnaud De Gramont is showing – but I’ll attend anyway.