Jack Long, Flowering Cities and Fairytales at Giant Robot Gallery

July 02, 2009

By Joanna Burgess

The other night Noah and I went to an art opening for Jack Long at Giant Robot, a gallery and store (they also publish a magazine) on E. 9th Street in NYC. I've been thinking a lot about urban gardening and greening and growing things on my fire escape and window panes so this show was perfect. There was lots of that going on--flowering cities, water, plants. As the name of the show, Singing Her to Sleep suggests, Jack's art is like dropping into the middle of a story and peaking through the window. The colors are bright and beautiful, the details small and delicate. Each wooden canvas seems connected to the other, creating a long, winding journey, reminiscent of a fairytale. You can't always imagine what he was thinking when he was painting but that doesn't really matter. Like all stories, I take bits and pieces and fit them together in a way that makes sense to me.

Jack's show runs through July 15th. If you have a moment while wandering the E. Village during the next two weeks--which promise to be a hot, rainy, muggly ones--drop into Giant Robot and check out their walls. I think you'll like what you see.

photos: giantobotmag

Comments

[lonesomepolecat]

Those are interesting paintings. For some reason reminds me of Henri Rousseau.