Gallery Neuartig in San Pedro is pleased to promote our artists online with our new feature: "Wednesday Virtual Gallery." Enjoy the following show. All pieces are captioned with details and prices.

To reinforce viewers' objectivity toward their own identity, through painting Ayako Ono has been trying to replicate the situation in which she objectively looks at herself and questions her own identity. She uses blue as a filter to look at the artwork itself through. Blue is a unique color that not only represents negative feelings, such as sadness or depression, but also is soothing and creates a relaxing atmosphere. Impressions that viewers get from the color depends on their mental state and how they relate their memories to what is depicted in artwork. Blue also separates artwork from the situations that the artwork is based on, diminishing the specificity of what is depicted. Therefore, blue enhances viewers' objectivity toward a painting itself as well as toward what they perceive. Interpretation of artwork depends on how they read it through a blue filter. Viewers may think about what they have felt and its reason through personally communicating with their own memories.