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 Illusion is defined as, the condition of being deceived, a false perception of reality. Featured today is an exhibition of artist's work that display the effects of illussionary techniques and definition. Each work chosen for this exhibit is a collaboration of visual confusion, hidden pictures and deception of the mind.  Concentrate, what are you really looking at?  What your eyes see and your mind perceives may mislead you and make you doubt the reality in which you exist! 

La Galleria de Illusion

Our exhibition entitled La Galeria de Illusion includes artwork by the following individuals:

Larry Kagan
Craig Tracy
Kurt Wenner
Edgar Mueller
Zilvinas Kempinas
Fred Eerdekens
Richard Estes
M.C. Escher
John Pugh
Octavio Ocampo

Larry Kagan

"mosquito" 2007

shadow produced from wire

"Bald Eagle"

2005

wire

Craig Tracy

"Elise"
Seductive curves tamed by intent with color and contrast. Labyrinth like, she wishes to be explored and respected for her unique complexity. If you choose to enter, you do so at your own risk and you gamble with the potential of becoming very, very lost. My advice? Take a chance and I'll see you on the other side.

Model, Elise
Photographer, Craig Tracy
bodypainting

"Butterfly"
It started with the realization that the human form and this magnificent Panther were meant to be paired. I visualized the backside of a shapely female and the Panther’s portrait, together as one. It now seems a most obvious combination. I painted both the model and backdrop within the same twenty-four hours, only sleeping for one hour between the two sessions. “Butterfly” is a reference to the subtle image I painted -as the Panther’s nose.
Model: Aimee
bodypainting

Emergence Day

"Emergence Day" by  Kurt Wenner, Chalk, 15/16ft, 2006

Ice Age

"Ice Age" by Edgar Mueller, Wall Paint, 330 square meters, 2009

Columns

"Columns" by Zilvinas Kempinas. Vertically stretched video tape, plywood, nails. Installation view. 2006

Still

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"Still" by Fred Eerdekens. Artificial tree, spotlight. 108 x 58 in. 2005

Central Savings

Richard Estes, Oil on Canvas, 27 in x 33 in, 1975

Relativity

M.C. Escher, Lithograph, 10.9 in x 11.5 in, 1953

Greek Tragedy

John Pugh, oil and acrylic on brick, 30 ft x 50 ft, 1989

Sunlight's Kiss

"Sunlight's Kiss" by Octavio Ocampo, limited addition giclee, watercolor on paper 20x28.5, 2008

The works chosen for this gallery were unique and meaningful to each person who chose them in some way or another.  Each piece was the epitomy of illussionary art in its greatest respects.  We  have truly learned to appreciate the beauty and passion put into such magnificent creations made solely for our viewing pleasures. They help open our eyes to a world that may have otherwise been left unturned and untraveled.  We have marveled in the sense of confusion and trickery our eyes have played on us and maybe even you while gazing upon each work.  We sit in a sense of shock and awe at the attention to detail and perspective these artists have attributed to their work and hunger for more!