Musings: A Column on Local Culture

“Not Afraid to Put Someone in a Tree”

Alex Gerasev’s prints grace Gaga Gallery’s Holiday Exhibit

  Each of Alex Gerasev’s prints for sale in Gaga Gallery draws the viewer into a mini-world, complete unto itself. “I tell a story, but the story has its own life,” Gerasev explains. “After I’m done you can find many stories to it.” And although he says he “cannot compete with nature” which was “made beautiful by God” he is also drawn to the outdoors. Take, for example, High Grass. Two figures — a smaller boy in front, a mysterious hatted man behind — approach between rows of reeds. The sun hangs overhead; there are hills to the side. Who are the people? What is their relationship? Where are they going? The print immediately engages the viewer with questions, creating a back-and-forth process between viewer and picture, a connection that …

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