It’s not just the large paintings covering the walls that suffuse the gallery with color, though they go a long way toward transforming the space around them by themselves. The balloons making their way around the gallery floor help out a lot, too. Even if the gallery is quiet — has a party just finished, or is one about to start? — they encourage a different way of engaging with the art, a little less formal, a little more festive. Maybe, in another sense, they help us let our guard down, and be more open to what the art has to say.
The Ely Center of Contemporary Art on Trumbull Street is currently hosting two solo shows through March 31 — “Revival: A Spiritual Journey” and“Skyward Bound” — featuring the works of Guyanese-born artists Stanwyck Cromwell and Marlon Forrester, respectively.
