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Thursday, August 19th, 2021

Ealy Mays' Open Air Gallery

Cover image: Ealy Mays with Price of a Ticket, Revisited (2021)
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Contemporary visual artist Ealy Mays is taking advantage of a construction site near his home to create a pop-up, weekend open air art gallery. When weather permits, he hangs a selection of his paintings on a wooden barrier, painted black and adorned with graffiti, in front of a building at 2, rue Christine.

Mays is a prolific artist whom ETBP has featured multiple times. So when I received his email invitation to come to an exhibition on Sunday, August 15, I didn't hesitate to accept.

The weather was glorious and the artwork was as vibrant and colorful as ever!

Three views of Mays' Open Air Gallery - rue Christine
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Most of the paintings were Mays' creations, but there were a few works by two additional artists as well: Joseph Langley and Lev Bourliot (aka Willie Wangle Jangle).

Joseph Langley with his oil on wooden panel paintings:
Notre Dame Illuminated (c. 2010, left) and Arc de Triomphe (c. 2010, right)
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Paris is Burning (2021)
Lev Bourliot and Ealy Mays
Analog photo transfer and acrylic on canvas
50 cm x 50 cm
Image courtesy of Ealy Mays Atelier

Langley created a YouTube video of the event that features Mays and Bourliot. You can view here:

Ealy Mays Exposes rue Christine Paris 6

Two of the works that Mays displayed during Sunday's exhibition have been sold: (Star Trek) Fired While Cloaked and Gunslinger Mammie.

I am particularly partial to his Price of a Ticket, Revisited, which is a new rendition of his 2012 piece entitled Beauford, What is the Price of a Ticket?

A previous version of Price of a Ticket, Revisited was sold earlier this year.

Mays has created a podcast called Ealy Talks Art, through which he shares backstories about his works. Learn more about him and find his podcast HERE.