Mastery. Galleries

When visiting the a handful of the countless private galleries here in the archives quarter of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. I was immodestly astounded by shared characteristic of the galleries residing here, mastery. Every piece no matter the discipline, style, presentation was mastery. The strokes of the collar were where they needed to be, the fabric was aligned perfectly, the piece of blue tassel was exactly where it was needed, every stroke of the brush, every thread of the fabric, every smear of the black; all of it had an overwhelming quality of an alignment, an accumulation. This being mixed with immense knowledge, practice, experience; all to make everything correct in such a profound way. It’s remarkable to be able to see this, not only see it once, but to see it carry to multiple ownerships, multiple locations, multiple disciplines, multiple textures. To have such culture and standard to be maintained and honoured by the area as a whole, it’s just magnificent.