Mercedes Matter: A Retrospective Exhibition

The Mercedes Matter gallery exhibition took place on November 3, 2009, at the Sidney Mishkin building on 135 East 22nd street. This workshop was a brief gallery tour of Mercedes Matter’s art works, from her early compositions to her later works in life. Mercedes Matter used a lot of abstract shapes in her art, which made it hard to comprehend what she was trying to portray. She used also used triangular shapes in most of her artworks .As I went through the gallery, the curator pointed out the bright colors, lines, and shapes which Mercedes used in order to create the abstract still life paintings.  The gallery had a pleasant mood to it. Even though it was rather small, it still felt like walking into a section of a museum.  The gallery tour was a decent experience once inside. However, the downside  was waiting for forty minutes for a twenty minute tour.