Daily Archives: November 20, 2012

Wings 3 and 4 of the X-Spot Gallery contain abstract art by syncher friend Mike Casey and collages by Kenneth Rougeau and Julie Takac. As my collection from each of these artists hasn’t been significantly altered since I first introduced their Pietmond virtual galleries in late 2010/early 2011, I’ve decided not to review them again here but instead point to former Baker Blinker Blog posts on the subject.

First up came Mike Casey’s art, housed in SoSo West:*

http://bakerblinker.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/pietmond-ch-ch-ch-changes/

Then soon after this sprouted the Norum Gallery, a smaller venue chocked full of Julie’s beautiful collages:

http://bakerblinker.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/norum-gallery-01/
http://bakerblinker.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/norum-gallery-02/

Lastly came Kenneth Rougeau, one of the few Pietmond artists with significant Second Life experience, and who use to own a virtual gallery himself several years ago. I originally put his art in the Pietmond South Gallery, as discussed here:

http://bakerblinker.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/36508/

I’d also like to give a repeat plug to the art and photography of another syncher friend Stegokitty, as originally reviewed in this Gallery in the Rocks post from February 2011:

http://bakerblinker.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/gallery-in-the-rocks/

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* In conjunction with opening SoSo West, I also conducted a lengthy interview of Mike and his art in Jan.-Feb. 2011.

http://bakerblinker.wordpress.com/interviews/mikecasey01/

We continue from X-Spot Gallery, Wing 02a with an inworld snapshot of the second of 3 notecards (and accompanying Jeogeot map) describing the exhibit. Again I’ll let the notecard do most of the talking, and just give supplemental photos and descriptions here.

A wall containing mostly Chilbo related objects, including Grassland II (etched art by Kristine Kristan, present Chilbo mayor still, I believe) and a recently created town map. Along with these we have a poster advertising an art exhibit of another defunct Jeogeot Gallery, The Red Leaf, which use to exist next to the 4 sim Hanja infohub area at the heart of the continent.

More Chilbo related art, or, left to right, “gallery surface1” by Janis Shamen, “Winter Berries” by Corcosman Voom, and a Chilbo photo by Melodie Darwin… yes, she’s definitely taken pictures from all over this largest of Second Life continents. Also notice the very similar effect of foreground red plants in the Voom and Darwin works here.

Then looking directly up at the centerpoint of the exhibit gives you this view of “NO HEAD FLEXI FISH” from the Tubular Gallery southwest of Chilbo, a kinetic sculpture designed by elros Tuominen.

Also mentioned on Notecard 2 of this “Jeogeot through Art and Word” is the DKArt gallery run by Dave Koi. His 2 works in the exhibit are the red scupture “aim high”. along with “Babelstorm”, filled with blue cubes adorned with letters of the alphabet.

Notecard 3 of 3.

A Parktown photo by Darwin. I consider Parktown (on the west side of the Hanja infohub mentioned above) a type of twin or counterpart to Chilbo. It’s a shame they couldn’t team up in some way to generate a greater whole, perhaps initiating some kind of overall Jeogeot, um, unification. Not exactly the word I’m looking for, but teaming up to step everything up a notch, Jeogeot-style. Um.

Two similarly named works but from different Jeogeot locations: to the right, “Phoenix” by Kylie Sabra, and to the left, “Tuscon, Arizona” by Samara Barzane of Park Galleries, yet another Jeogeot art establishment that does not exist any more. To be honest, I can’t remember the story behind “Phoenix” — I promise to check that out asap; it’s not mentioned in the notecard I don’t believe.

More twinning: 2 unusual galleries from the same sim of Cheosan, although no relationship between the two that I know of. To the left we have “The Gallery Shaped Like a Woman” masterminded by Earl Dinkins. To the right is the plainly named Cheosan Building, which is not plain atall within or without.

Now 2 actual works by Dinkins: “205” (left) and “1105 quatrains pillar” (right).

2 Melodie Darwin photographs come next as we head up to the end of the exhibit (“Lordshore Bridge” and “Island Light”).

An early Second Life map found buried beneath a mysterious farmhouse in Eunhuang as described in this Baker Blinker Blog post.

To end: “Life” by Melodie Darwin…

… and a book called “Expedition 1: A Trip to the Southern Island” by famed Second Life explorer and conservationist Salazar Jack.

Start of “Jeogeot through Art and Word,” taking up a full wing (of 4 total) of the newly re-established X-Spot Gallery.

First of 3 maps and accompanying notecards describing the exhibit:

I’ll just move through each picture in succession as you encounter them. Here’s “Untitled” by Melodie Darwin.

LVPVS IN FABVLA p26: “There I found you, my love” (water and ink on blotter paper).

“What Counts” by Dale Innis (left) and “Around Every Corner” (right), digital art by Czar Nicholas.

“Orion” by Kyra.

“Commemorating Sculpties” by Melodie Darwin. Here’s the SLurl to the real deal.

Another Melodie Darwin photograph from the now extinct WES community at the end of West End Road.

“Deserted Crossroad” also by Darwin. I believe this use to be the center of what I called X-ville in the Baker Blinker Blog, officially known as Pine Tree Village and where I had a small gallery at one time.

“Steep Hill” by Darwin. This was near Sternberg, yet another extinct Jeogeot urban region, pheh.

Several Sunklands related pictures, or, from left to right, a photo of my Biggie Gallery formerly in Aotearoa; a rendering of a Dogon alien being by Lark Blackheart from a small, defunct Otaki Gorge gallery; and then a surrealist painting by Sambroxton String found in Big Sink.

Then 2 more photos from Sunklands to end this post, the first by Melodie Darwin once again and originating in the Felix Meritus Monestary that use to take up the entire Lil Burn Valley sinkhole; yet another fabulous Jeogeot location now gone with the wind.

And here’s another Jeogeot goner: the Roseheart community formerly of Second Sink.

X-Spot Gallery, Wing 02b