The Art of Alice Brozofsky at Blue Line Studio
This Saturday, I went to the Visual*Verse*City art show at Blue Line Studio. There was a lot of interesting art and a brand new music group, Sweatpants Money, debuted. Over the next few days, I’m going to try to share some of my favorites pieces.
Alice Brozofsky is relatively new to showing her work, but she has been painting for a long time. The painting to the right is called Family Portrait. She had several artworks there that used toys and animals as motifs. For this one and the one below, Social Club, she applied a course nylon(?) shag as a trim to frame the images. For me, the mood of these two pieces is initially dark, uncomfortable, and creepy, but there is such a sweetness to them that they become more complex in their messages. The toys are outdated and well-worn. The presentation of the paint, the frames, and the overall art pieces themselves speak towards an older time. And yet, they are still a bit space-age, a bit in the future.
And the robot dad is so solid, dignified, and unapologetic that he projects nobility within the mysterious and dilapidated state of his surroundings. These figures have such a marvelous way of relating to each other that I smile for them, even within their dark and sinister environments. By the way, both paintings are sold.
