Invent Baby Invent

Again, I listened to New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, talk about his thoughts for the future of the United States. He said that in this political climate of McCain vs. Obama the mantra must be 'Invent Baby Invent' not 'Drill Baby Drill'. This country of blue states/red states/ but all are the United States of America (as Obama said in 2004), we must be developing energy independence for ourselves, which will then filter out to the rest of the world. By developing wind power, solar polar and other renewable sources of energy, we will be able to green our environment for generations to come.

Thus 'America in all of her Grandeur' is so timely. Opening November 14, 2008 (thru March 31, 2009), the paintings of Jay Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen record the natural beauty of our land whether it be Joshua Tree National Park (CA); Rocky Mountain National Park (CO) or Shenandoah National Park (VA).

Photography influences on news culture

In the October issue of 'Vanity Fair' Magazine, the editors featured 'the 25 best news photographs' in honor of the magazine's 25th anniversary. At GALLERY M, we can relate. Not only is it our start of our 13 year, we believe, as does Vanity Fair,  that art (including photography) has the ability to be transformational; to transform the viewers' lives. Of the 25 photographs highlighted in the issue, GALLERY M represents 7 of the 25 images mentioned including: The Flag Raising on Mt. Suribuchi by Joe Rosenthal; Dewey Defeats Truman as captured by Ed Clark; Nick Ut's Kim Phuc in Vietnam Napalm, Nixon Waves Farewll by the Associated Press, Tianamen Square Demonstration, and poingent images from the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King's "I have a dream speech" which has a similar feel to our own Ted Williams' Soldier Field MLK works and the vintage photograph shown here by Francis Miller; ; Police Chief shooting a Viet Cong officer by Eddie Adams; Nixon boarding the plane the day of his resignation; John Kennedy Jr saluting his father released by AP; Students being escorted to high school as desegregation begins as a vintage by Ed Clark; ; Tiananmen Square Associated Press photographer depicting the importance of one person can make a difference.

What a statement of the times we live in; what a statement of the significance of GALLERY M as it continues to assist collectors build collections of importance.