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Art Gallery canvasIn completion of this assignment the art gallery that I chose to visit was Mark Gallery in Englewood naked as a jaybird Jersey. When you walk up to the establishment there are floor to ceiling glass windows that appropriate you to see everything in incline. Facing the gallery there were so many another(prenominal) colors that enticed you to enter. The arrangements and art work was disjointed out nicely not causing clutter. This allowed you to individually take in each piece on by itself. All of the pieces were very nice but the artist that caught my attention was Mr. Mark Oberndorf.Oberndorf was born in New York but is currently residing in Bergren County New Jersey. He is a contemporary realist painter. Since the age of 10 he has been interested in the visual arts. At an early age nearly of his beginning working were illustrating his school yearbook to painting murals on his elementary school building. From 1995 to present Oberndorf has had art in vari ous(a) group and solo exhibitions and galleries. Currently his work is currently represented by Mark Gallery of Englewood New Jersey and Westwood Gallery in Westwood New Jersey.I found several of his pieces interesting because they were so basic. not meaning they did not have levels or dimensions but they put me in the mind of simpler times and relatable memories. His pieces viewing three dimensional effects on a two dimensional surface with natural luminance effects. All painting are created with oil on linen canvass. Such pieces as the Wyckoff Train mail, Dairy tabby and turgidness all represent the Bergren County area and parts of New York prior to the gentrification phase. Gas depicts an old two pump station as you would see it in the 1970s.The piece of the Dairy Queen shows the classic franchise that was shaped somewhat of a barn prior to the new modernized get wind you may see today. I can remember as a kid having one of these in our neighborhood. We frequently visited i t for a Sunday cone after attending church. I could not wait to bear out in line for my soft serve on a cone. Lastly the Wyckoff Train Station is rightfully a classic single standing building not so big on the side of the tracks. Much dated compared to the enormous train stations and subway stations you see in the big cities such as New York.Through viewing these pieces I would think this is his way of holding on to a piece of history, before all common landmarks that held tradition and memories were torn down. Prior to gentrification in many of our communities there were several sites or establishments that were a common thread to our community. Be it the mom and pop remembering on the corner to the old fashioned ice cream stand. Gentrification has erased these things with more modernized establishments that help to impart economic wealth for some but forces others out of the neighborhoods and communities that they have been a part of for quite some time.