George Rush Darker with the Day

          The exhibition by George Rush was a compilation of Pantings done in different grey scales. It looked to be done in acrylic paints. All the paintings were all displayed to be centered at about eye level. There were very clean straight lines between objects in the painting. The paintings are all of windows some looking from the outside and some looking from the inside. The set up of the exhibition was two sets of parallel walls forming a square to stand in. The viewers of the exhibition seemed to stand in the middle, and then turn from that one point to face each painting. After they did this they seemed to go closer to better examine each painting. The wall that each painting hung on was specifically made for this exhibition. Then George Rush came to the gallery to paint these walls to hang his paintings. The paintings on the actual wall were pretty much the same on each wall. The set up of the exhibition was very important to the actual content of the paintings. As you entered the exhibit the first painting of a window was looking from the outside in. After you walked around the wall the other four paintings formed a square, and the windows were painted in the view from the inside looking out. The set up of the exhibition, I think, was the most important part. Without the set up being the way it was the views of the paintings would make absolutely no sense.

         The first painting you saw when you walked into the gallery was a painting of a large window. You seemed to be standing on the outside of the window looking in. But, the inside of the window was black. It was very simple. There was no objects in this painting. The drapery had shadows from the different pieces of the window.

          After you walked past the wall, the gallery opened up into four  smaller walls. Directly behind the first window you saw, was another window that was the exact oposite of the window on the other side. It shows the window looking from the inside out. The window pane was very detailed and showed alot of depth. The shadow of the window panes is shown on the drapery.

          As you turned in the gallery there was other paintings on each wall. Each of the paintings shows a table and two chairs. The each view of the table showed different views of the objects on the table and even different objects that were hidden behind an object in another view. The table top was  very reflective. There was very distinct shadows and highlights, and the light seemed to be coming from the outside.